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11 hours ago, RWB said:

The Postal Service, by whatever name it is called, is a part of national communication as much as airlines, radio, TV, telephone, highways, electricity and so forth. USPS is obligated to 

USPS is in a difficult financial position, but privatizing it - as the current idiotic Postmaster General wants to do - is merely a greedy way to isolate rural Americans. Privatization places profit before national connection and value to the public, and is fundamentally counter to America's democratic values.

I think it safe to say when a post office is closed in a rural area, the town it's in loses its identity.

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1 hour ago, Quintus Arrius said:

I think it safe to say when a post office is closed in a rural area, the town it's in loses its identity.

If FedEx doesn't deliver a package to Debnam, Iowa  for 2 years, Debnam does not vanish. If the post office closes, the town becomes just another bump in the road.

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I don't think these long delays are at the local, "final mile" post offices.

It appears to be at the regional sorting centers that are responsible for multiple day or week delays.  I think once it's at your local post office -- unless it's in a major metropolitan area -- you get it within 1-2 days. 

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