>>If UPS ran the post office affairs, I wager that it would be more efficient and maybe even cheaper. My UPS driver is very polite, cares about his work, and has actually become a casual friend to those at my shop.
Anyway... if you believe that big government is your salvation, then we are just going to disagree. I grew up in the country, know how to survive on my own, and know that real wealth comes from people like me who produce things. Not from a government worker who takes my money and gives some of it back, and who are creating laws that try to redistribute it to welfare cases...<<
Sober -
I certainly do not believe that big government is my salvation, and I do know that real wealth comes from people who produce real goods and services.
But we're going to disagree, anyway. UPS makes a tiny fraction of the deliveries the USPS does, and the cost is higher. It's true that the workers in the Post Offices are mostly undermotivated and annoying, but unbelievable amounts of mail go through the system, and the vast majority of pieces are delivered in a timely manner. There is simply no way UPS, or any other private company, could perform the same functions for less money. Just ask the CEO of UPS if he'd like to take over the Postal Services business.
OSHA? I don't have a problem with businesses being required to provide a safe environment for their workers. When such regulations did not exist, we saw things like factory rooms full of women painting watch dials using paint brushes dipped in radium. The women were told to wet the brushes with their mouths. Most of them developed cancer of the lips and tongue, and went on to die horribly. Woops.
Yes, we are definitely going to disagree.
- Allen |
