Thanks to reader Kyle. You have a great Easter as well!

Lynda

PS Our post office is horrible. It used to be good, but now it is a trip to hell.

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Lynda, Your readers might find this interesting. As for me, I've had package tracking labels showing the package was shipped 800 miles away when the address on the box was for 50 miles away (from the local post office) in the opposite direction. WTF? Then, they ripped open shipping envelopes of mine to get to whatever was shipped 5 or 6 times. They even delivered the empty envelopes. lol This is just in the past 6 months. You can complain, but it falls on deaf ears.

Have a great Easter,
Kyle

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by quoth the raven
Friday, Apr 03, 2026

A new piece from the Cato Institute lays out how bad things have gotten at the post office, arguing that the United States Postal Service is facing a severe and worsening financial crisis. According to the article, USPS has been losing billions of dollars annually for well over a decade and is now at a point where it cannot realistically fix its problems without major structural changes. I could have told you this after the horror show I lived through at the post office back in September of 2025.

The problems outlined are extensive and, frankly, not surprising. Mail volumes have collapsed as Americans switched to faster, cheaper digital alternatives, yet USPS continues to behave like it’s still 1995. What mail remains is increasingly dominated by low-value marketing material, while the agency struggles to compete in package delivery against companies that actually specialize in logistics.

Even Amazon, a company that started as an online bookstore (what could be less efficient to ship than books — bricks?), has figured out how to build a better delivery network. Meanwhile, visits to post offices have fallen off a cliff, but the system has barely shrunk its footprint. Labor costs remain enormous, productivity lags.

Link:
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2026-04-02/its-past-time-privatize-post-office