Don't use the blue USPS dropboxes

[ua_guy]

Just to keep the record straight (believe me, I'm no advocate for the lunatic Trump cult)... DeJoy & the USPS did nothing abnormal with drop boxes leading up to the election. That entire kerfuffle was just a bunch of myopic politicized misinformation (once again -- I hate political divisiveness).

I understand that you have political feelings, and you're welcome to them. But facts & data remain true regardless.

Perhaps you should read all of Dejoy's accomplishments during his career including removing mail sorting machines in addition to drop boxes. In an election year. When mail-in voting became astronomically popular. Cutting staff and overtime when ballots needed to be delivered for counting. I lean liberal, yes. No, I don't think any rational person can say it was "nothing abnormal". If you want to believe this was "normal", then place it in the context of said time period when the US was relying on the USPS more than ever.

[kork13]

Perhaps you should read all of Dejoy's accomplishments during his career including removing mail sorting machines in addition to drop boxes. In an election year. When mail-in voting became astronomically popular. Cutting staff and overtime when ballots needed to be delivered for counting. I lean liberal, yes. No, I don't think any rational person can say it was "nothing abnormal". If you want to believe this was "normal", then place it in the context of said time period when the US was relying on the USPS more than ever.

::sigh:: Please, at least read & consider the simple facts outlined in the very brief press release.

Quoting the very same press release:
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1. The Postal Service has more than enough capacity to handle election mail volume.
The Postal Service is ready to handle whatever volume of election mail it receives. Postmaster General DeJoy’s number one priority is to deliver election mail on-time and within the Postal Service’s well-established standards. Effective October 1, he is committed to engage standby resources in all areas of Postal Service operations, including transportation, to satisfy any unforeseen demand.

To put it in context, the Postal Service delivers 433 million pieces of mail a day. Even if all Americans were to vote by mail this year, 330 million ballots over the course of the election would be only three-quarters of what the Postal Service delivers in one single day.

The Postal Service has more than enough capacity, including collection boxes and processing equipment, to handle all election mail this year, which is predicted to amount to less than 2% of total mail volume from mid-September to Election Day.

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3. Sorting machines for flats and letters are only used 1/3 of the available time.

The Postal Service has always evaluated use of its equipment. Resources match volume requirements. Letter sorting and flat machines are only being used for about one-third, 32 and 38 percent, respectively, of their available machine hours. There is ample machine capacity to handle spikes in mail volume.

While he did not initiate the evaluation or removal of this equipment, Postmaster General DeJoy has given the directive to stop the removal of additional mail processing machines through the election.
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There is no possible way that shutting down any number of sorting machines could in any way have impacted the delivery of mailed ballots. In order to have any shadow of that effect, the rest of the entire USPS system would grind to a rapid halt.

I'm not saying that DeJoy is a saint. But don't ignore facts that don't fit your viewpoint. That's called confirmation bias. I'm only looking at factual operation monitoring data that the USPS has tracked for decades, in order to optimize and economize a vital agency that is struggling to fund itself.

Any other wild, sensational, baseless accusations that I can dispel for you?

[ua_guy]

I'm not saying that DeJoy is a saint. But don't ignore facts that don't fit your viewpoint. That's called confirmation bias. I'm only looking at factual operation monitoring data that the USPS has tracked for decades, in order to optimize and economize a vital agency that is struggling to fund itself.

Any other wild, sensational, baseless accusations that I can dispel for you?

No, Kork, I've read enough, thanks. My viewpoint is he did these things leading up to a highly contentious election, and that was very worrisome, because, you're right - he's not exactly a "saint" and his affiliations are well-known. My viewpoint remains unchanged, and the descriptions of actions he performed are factual. You can continue to argue that this is "wild, sensational, baseless", but I guess the truth is just wild sometimes.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

wish that amazon was forced to pay their fair share of transporting everything we have delivered and that people had to pay postage. I know just like the sales tax for years amazon has taken advantage of the USPS.

[ua_guy]

wish that amazon was forced to pay their fair share of transporting everything we have delivered and that people had to pay postage. I know just like the sales tax for years amazon has taken advantage of the USPS.

Wait, what? I've long paid sales tax on Amazon. Oh, maybe that's because they started in our state

I think the USPS shouldn't handle any packages from Amazon that can't fit in a residential mailbox. I'd pay extra to have UPS/Fedex/DHL deliver it, only. We have so many problems with USPS deliveries where we are; the local office can't find carriers, and the ones they do find insist on throwing stuff over our gate. Doesn't do any good to complain; the managers don't care and the carriers are gone within a couple weeks anyhow.