Mission of the Post Office
The mission of the US Postal service is described by law. “The Postal Service shall have as its basic function the obligation to provide postal services to bind the Nation together through the personal, educational, literary, and business correspondence of the people. It shall provide prompt, reliable, and efficient services to patrons in all areas and shall render postal services to all communities.” While this certainly sets forth some admirable goals, other package delivery organizations have a more immediate requirement: make money.
In the past decade or so, the Postal Service has quietly begun marketing products not directly related to the mail delivery business. You can now buy t-shirts and phone cards at the Post Office. With millions of people bringing packages in at Christmas time, it only makes sense for the Post Office to start selling some of the products that traditionally go in these packages. No time for shopping? Fax an order form to the Post Office and have them send out your fruitcakes this year. The possibilities are endless.
When FedEx makes money in the package delivery business, its shareholders benefit. If the Post Office were to engage in customer oriented profit making ventures, American taxpayers would reap the rewards.
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