"I don't feel any sort of moral compulsion" ALL politicians and bureaucrats summarized in *one* quote!
@OdinTheTall
4 жыл бұрын
How did you bold your text?
@Ivan.Wright
4 жыл бұрын
@@OdinTheTall put a * on either side of a word like *this*
@OdinTheTall
4 жыл бұрын
@@Ivan.Wright Thanks, that's cool!
@bradss1000
4 жыл бұрын
Ivan Wright- Thx from me too! Do you know how to underline text? Also, do you know how to put a line through(cross out) text?
@Ivan.Wright
4 жыл бұрын
@@bradss1000 -this- uses - _this_ uses _ On either side of the word
@magicworld3242
4 жыл бұрын
He said "we're working on it". That means he's doing absolutely nothing.
@kiyosenl.3889
4 жыл бұрын
Hes not doing nothing, just very little, at his rate he will make it profitable, uhhhh never, because i have no doubt he's trying to make it profitable but his cost savings wont outpace the speed at which congress cripples them
@kingrex1931
3 жыл бұрын
As shown in the video, he can't do nothing unless congress allows him to. The only way they can reduce employees is through retirement. They can't close small unneeded post offices.
@davidjones3165
3 жыл бұрын
He's stalling until he's out of office.
@WHATISUTUBE
4 жыл бұрын
lol that representative, "the congo includes universal mail service" yes lets emulate the congo
@AcesnEights698
4 жыл бұрын
We're working on it.
@randomuser5443
4 жыл бұрын
We don’t need another imperial wave
@neovenom9833
4 жыл бұрын
it also includes ebola every few years, but that's not really a service.
@AnthonyChinaski
4 жыл бұрын
The Congo emulated the USA. Article 1 Section 8
@armadillolover99
3 жыл бұрын
@Hex Zimpo As the video points out very clearly: the Constitution doesn’t actually require postal service, it merely says Congress has the power to make post offices if it so chooses
@skavossis5377
4 жыл бұрын
"Close'em down, except the one near me" That's the problem.
@randomuser5443
4 жыл бұрын
I have a separate problem, I have no clue where the federal office is so I can use their other method of putting it in the mail box
@beringstraitrailway
4 жыл бұрын
Some conservatives feel the same way about military bases! Make government smaller...but not in my district! Because people like government spending.
@huh7270
4 жыл бұрын
rain Alaska stfu if they’re brown that doesn’t mean they are illegal. Pls do the world a favor and kya.
@huh7270
4 жыл бұрын
rain Alaska wtf. That’s still doesn’t make a difference??? American doesn’t mean white. Anyone can be American and that’s what makes America, America whether you like that or not. Unless you’ve seen that they don’t have their papers the you can’t say sh*t.
@ericshun2552
4 жыл бұрын
The thing is there isn't really a privatize company that makes soldiers so there isn't an alternative compared to the postal service that's privatized.
@longshotcharley469
4 жыл бұрын
I worked for the post office for 36 years and I’ve seen the waste. What the public doesn’t know is there’s a lot of people in the post office they get paid large amounts of money and never touch a letter or a magazine. They’re called supervisors and there’s way too many of them. They spent so many millions and millions of dollars on scanners just so they can keep track of the letter carriers.The letter carriers are the back bone of the post office.
@richardarsenault1471
Жыл бұрын
This person is 100% correct he forgot to mention excessive postmasters and what they call MPOOs
@tugboat6940
Жыл бұрын
Wait so there's supervisors? The mail carriers aren't the boss? Who ever would've thought? lol you're an idiot.
@sanjaymatsuda4504
5 жыл бұрын
Without "universal" mail service, how do you make sure that all homeowners are notified about property taxes?
@medic8377
5 жыл бұрын
That's a hell of a good point! Haha....ha.....😡😡😡
@neckarsulme
5 жыл бұрын
internet?
@neckarsulme
5 жыл бұрын
@rob1248996 must be why so many people pay their bills on line I guess
@BONGHITTAH420
4 жыл бұрын
You go down to the local town hall and pay. The last I checked that happens about the same time every year.
@Chrisjseattle1
4 жыл бұрын
@Blasian Babies The Post Office doesn't use tax money you moron. They have always been self funded through postage.
@Justin_Joy
5 жыл бұрын
Congress in general cares less about financial responsibility and more about maintaining their position in congress.
@TheDude-yw4kn
4 жыл бұрын
Justin Joy well said laddie
@Gitn2it
4 жыл бұрын
There is something way out of whack when getting re-elected becomes more important than being proficient at your job.
@shawnbrodrick8673
4 жыл бұрын
@@Gitn2it from the first day they're elected job number 1 is getting reelected.
@camerondunstan7158
5 жыл бұрын
I love John stossel, straight to the point with no messin about
@captainpunch2671
5 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah yeah
@carlosabram6030
5 жыл бұрын
I sincerely hope you didn't believe any of this , the lady at the counter could speak to him because it's illegal for him to even be filming inside of a post office without the postmaster General's permission. He's lucky they didn't call the postal inspectors on him bc I would have
@Dubngrub
5 жыл бұрын
Other than the fact that the USPS has received zero public money since the 80's. That's kind of a huge omission.
@MrJeremiahxlewis
4 жыл бұрын
Cameron Dunstan The fact that you think so is proof that we’re doomed. The number of morons incapable of critical thinking has reached a critical point. The fucking ship is going down.
@iasongain4497
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrJeremiahxlewis oh no one person doesn't agree with you the world is going to end
@hankcyclone9442
4 жыл бұрын
Well this is perfectly timed.
@thejurassicchicken1445
3 жыл бұрын
This was made 4 years ago.
@billd.6847
3 жыл бұрын
@@thejurassicchicken1445 It was made in 2013 @ 0:17 sec., and posted on here 4 years ago.
@tsw199756
4 жыл бұрын
And it's all Trumps fault. He reached back in time to make it so.
@darknessdevil2657
4 жыл бұрын
Lemon head, Fredo, and Humpty Dumpty will claim Trump has a time machine and went back 13 years to make the USPS start losing billions.
@rocketfamilykml2528
4 жыл бұрын
@@darknessdevil2657 the post office has been loosing money for 13 years
@darknessdevil2657
4 жыл бұрын
@@rocketfamilykml2528 I know fellow patriot. I'm just stating that fake news will somehow spin these facts and try blaming it on our President since they want 'mail in voting'😣😑
@dude_tut5800
4 жыл бұрын
*president trump makes time machine*
@angelgjr1999
4 жыл бұрын
Now is not the time to close USPS. Considering we may need mandatory mail in voting this time.
@64bitmad42
7 жыл бұрын
0:27 no wonder my box always looks so beat up.
@Snowmon89
5 жыл бұрын
Um…… No, your box always looks so beat up because people are overwhealmed with all of the packages that are sent out every single day. The average facility takes care of a MININUM of 600,000 packages a shift, an average of 700,000 packages a shift, and durring peak season (aka Christmass) it goes anywhere upwards to 1,200,000 packages a shift. Now also try to remember that there are Night Shifts as well as Day shifts, so basically every facility has to process 2x as many packages every single day. Btw, I'm not even talking about the Post Office themselves. I'm talking about the people who ACTUALLY Ship all of those packages along with countless letters and crates. A lot actually goes into sending those packages where they need to go and it can get very rough on both packages as well as the individuals handling them.
@greentea7930
5 жыл бұрын
@@Snowmon89 Take a joke snowflake
@bartsimpson3217
5 жыл бұрын
MY GLASS BOWL
@benwells3841
5 жыл бұрын
@@Snowmon89 no u
@bendover8927
5 жыл бұрын
Snowmon89 geez why don’t you marry them
@NIAMProductions
4 жыл бұрын
well this aged like fine wine, didn't it?
@danieldaniels7571
4 жыл бұрын
Yep, yet the points here are completely being ignored now in favor of allegations of election interference. SMH
@leesanction2068
4 жыл бұрын
The video still has one thing wrong. USPS does not use tax payer money.
@danieldaniels7571
4 жыл бұрын
Lee Sanction Wrong.
@leesanction2068
4 жыл бұрын
@@danieldaniels7571 Prove it.
@jukebox_heroperson3994
4 жыл бұрын
@@leesanction2068 It's a government agency. Come on.
@Crusader-ct1qv
4 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, I wonder why KZitem is recommending that to me now?
@descripto2586
4 жыл бұрын
Freudian slip
@mawlinzebra
4 жыл бұрын
@@descripto2586 bingo, google abhors trump
@m4stermind28
4 жыл бұрын
Based on people that watch similar content to you looking up videos about the US Postal Service
@JS-ob4oh
4 жыл бұрын
My neighbor moved away, but kept ownership of his old house. He notified the USPS to forward his mail and NOT deliver mail to the old house. But they kept delivering mail to the old house even after I informed the postman twice that no one lives there. They stuffed the mailbox so full there was literary no empty space in the mailbox and you could not close the door/hatch. This was AFTER the mailbox post toppled over and the mailbox was lying on the ground, they kept stuffing it. Finally, I got tired of this BS and got permission from the owner to junk the mailbox and all. From my window I can see where the old mailbox once stood and months afterwards I would see the postman looking to find the mailbox to stuff more mail into a mailbox that was lying on the ground for a house with no one living in it. That's how ridiculous the USPS is. I've lived in 4 countries and traveled to another 4 and I can tell you the USPS is by far the absolute worst. In other countries like Japan their postal service is so reliable and efficient they even offer banking. You read that right; you can do all your banking at a Japanese postal office. Imagine trying that at a USPS.
@PoesRaven73
Жыл бұрын
Third class mail doesn’t get forwarded. So even if a change of address is filled out, only first and second class mail will be forwarded. Junk mail will still be delivered to the old address. Also, a change of address is only good for a year and can’t be renewed indefinitely. The post office is legally required to deliver mail to the address on the envelope.
@trixiemcfly8584
Жыл бұрын
@@PoesRaven73I think the overall point of the comment is beyond that. I work for USPS currently. You are correct about mail forwarding and the classes of mail but that's not the point. The regular carrier can mark the house as "vacant" in the case and the substitute carriers should respond accordingly. Removing the mail receptacle shouldn't be the only solution to stopping the mail service. I wouldn't be surprised if some carriers just drop the mail on the ground where a missing box should be, I know carriers like that unfortunately. Furthermore, vacant houses are often used to conduct nefarious and illegal activities. The post office shouldn't be putting carriers in danger by aiding those activities.
@onnosavage2632
4 жыл бұрын
News Flash: everything the government does loses money!
@michaelweber4705
4 жыл бұрын
News flash: The government isn't meant to turn a profit.
@ronjones2266
4 жыл бұрын
Not the IRS.
@hitthegoat
4 жыл бұрын
News flash: the USPS turned a profit until 2006 when congress passed a law that severely hindered its ability to do so. You fucking loser.
@nigeladams8321
4 жыл бұрын
@@hitthegoat conservative is love facts until they don't
@bluesman97
4 жыл бұрын
Loses money until us fools keep paying our taxes that could be used better otherwise.
@pillznarRy
4 жыл бұрын
more prevalent today in 2020 than ever.
@sik59rt
5 жыл бұрын
Whoops, you seem to have forgotten congress forcing the usps to prepay pensions and retirement for decades at the cost of billions
@Junius24
4 жыл бұрын
Postal Service is not a business. It is ... wait for it ... a service. And, all Americans deserve to be connected by this vital communication link.
@me-myself-i787
7 ай бұрын
As if they can't communicate over the Internet.
@bobsteve4812
3 ай бұрын
@@me-myself-i787Not always, no
@dillonlarson1923
4 жыл бұрын
This is why the post office doesn't make money any more "In 2006, Congress passed a law to require the USPS to prefund 75 years worth of retiree health benefits in the span of ten years-a cost of approximately $110 billion. Although the money is intended to be set aside for future Post Office retirees, the funds are instead being diverted to help pay down the national debt" Why no mention of this, John?
@john-michaelfranco4694
4 жыл бұрын
Ohhh you were so close. If you just pasted the following paragraph from DeFazio's site, you would kinda make sense. The money, that they're supposed to set aside, being diverted to pay other national debts has nothing to do with losing money. That money isn't to be used by the USPS for yearly expenses. They're just losing money outright. Now let us not forget that over 48 billion dollars that the USPS was supposed to pay for retirement since 2010, hasn't been paid. So even though they aren't paying the money they're supposed to be paying, they still are losing money. The US Government Accountability Office's report on the USPS even mentions that the service's expenses are growing faster than its revenue. Due to competition, benefits costs, and decline of the volume of mail, its losing money.
@larrywimberly4930
4 жыл бұрын
@@john-michaelfranco4694 you are a assclown you don't know what you are talking about
@ammonchristiansen4518
4 жыл бұрын
It's my understanding the USPS doesn't receive literally any of our taxes either?
@john-michaelfranco4694
4 жыл бұрын
@@ammonchristiansen4518 it receives tax breaks of $2.18B a year and borrows from the treasury at the legal limit of $15.2B at 1.2% saving almost half a billion a year in interest. Its also estimated that they make $14B a year solely from being legally the only service that can deliver directly to mailboxes. While taxes might not directly go to them in a check, they are absolutely getting money off the backs of taxpayers.
@bobbeckhart1707
4 жыл бұрын
@@john-michaelfranco4694 while you're on the subject how much money has the government stolen from the P.O. to pay off debt. Also name me one government institution that actually MAKES money. The P.O.
@mrclassicrock61
6 жыл бұрын
I worked for the Post Office for 32 years.And rarely had an easy day.It's a physically demanding job.It takes a toll on your body.The biggest problem is when someone is hired and can't do the work,they get into management and then demand the people who do the work to do more than what time allows.It's the Peter Principle defined.There is a lot of waste.And generally it's in management.They don't do much at all.And they pressure carriers,who are out in the elements and out in the public to do more and more.And some carriers will skip their lunch and breaks so they won't get disciplined.The Post Office promotes people who show a history of disciplining carriers and clerks.It's a good paying job,with good benefits.But a miserable company to work for.I always said when I worked there.Check your smile at the door.They don't want any happy employees.they will discipline you with a letter of warning for being 5 minutes late on your route.And yet they claim to preach safety.
@lawr5764
6 жыл бұрын
mrclassicrock61 sooo glad I was able to endure long enough to retire from that HELLHOLE. I still can't believe the change in my attitude and personality since I'm not under that stress anymore.
@c.l.1820
5 жыл бұрын
I had a family member that was a postman. He had a medical issue and blacked out on someones porch. He's ok, and lucky the person who lives there saw. but the post office was such a Nazi, they contacted the home owner wanting to know the exact time when he blacked out on his porch. They wanted to get his time clock correct.
@MailHandlerInThe505
5 жыл бұрын
You are exactly right. The pay we get at the post office is because of the bullshit we have to deal with working at the post office. Short handed and expected to do 3 peoples work all while management acting like Saddam
@hardlyb
5 жыл бұрын
My dad worked for the post office as a kid and could do two routes in the time allotted to doing one, and got yelled at for that. Sounds like the managers haven't changed.
@Canadianvoice
5 жыл бұрын
You could have done something different if it was so hard. Why does everyone have to think their job is the hardest.
@NoName-cp4ct
7 жыл бұрын
I live in Russia, and here State Postal service is just ridiculous. It works bad, it works slow, just a one big joke.
@jordendurden8881
7 жыл бұрын
hahaha and think about it when it was in the 80s the whole market was government owned
@zmmood5111
7 жыл бұрын
Seán O'Nilbud someone's having a bad day :(
@jackmalloy4229
7 жыл бұрын
Seán O'Nilbud Spoken in the words of a tries intellectual.
@Jeff-S
7 жыл бұрын
Virgin Wizzardo. I'm a letter carrier. There are two Russian letter Carriers that I work with. LOL you just shit on your own nationality.
@waterheaterservices
5 жыл бұрын
You have gorgeous Russian women so don't be unhappy about anything.
@MCSilver
7 жыл бұрын
'Every citizen must get mail service'? NOT! I am in court right now with the post office for a psychotic post master that has stopped my mail. Someone pointed me to the US postal service Administrative Court. It is run just like a court with an administrative judge and everything. Im having to go against a hired east coast lawyer and i don't get representation except for my humble non-lawyer self. Mr Stossel, the Lowell postmaster Don Knotts (yes, that is his name), told me on camera that HE does NOT have to prove the existence of a law LIMITING mail to only one location, but that I have to prove that i DO have that right to get mail at more than one location. I have put in complaints to the USPS and they have not responded. The postal service is another out of control agency, that is now taking control of my mail. That's not service! The administrative hearing is set for Jan 13, 2017 in Virginia. Mr Stossel you are invited to attend if you have time.
@gear1100
7 жыл бұрын
What was the outcome?
@Jeff-S
7 жыл бұрын
Why did they stop your mail? I'm sure that had a reason. They just don't decide to randomly stop someones mail.
7 жыл бұрын
MCSilverNinja lost his case because he's a fucking idiot and a lunatic like most of the subnormals who worship Stossel's demonic moustache.
@jeffw1267
7 жыл бұрын
+MCSilverNinja The USPS only has to PROVIDE your mail; they don't necessarily have to bring it to your door or even to your neighborhood in some circumstances. I've cut off customers for being abusive or for having an unrestrained dog in the yard.
@zmmood5111
7 жыл бұрын
Seán O'Nilbud :(
@dattack1970
4 жыл бұрын
Trump telling the truth again.
@chryssoraidy9838
4 жыл бұрын
you missed the part where he manipulated an existing situation to cover an illegal action - something a real hustler knows how to do. It's no coincidence that the shutting down is perfectly timed to interfere with the election. He repeatedly complained that voting by mail results in fraud (not a historical fact), and out the other side of his mouth he was sending GOP voters notices to hurry up and do their vote by mail. Pretty sad when you have to pull blatant criminal behavior to get your votes. Not a surprise, considering how much protesting he did about fraud. He was right - there IS fraud going on. And he's the one pulling it. So sorry you aren't seeing the whole picture.
@heyoa7714
4 жыл бұрын
He’s president for 3 years only act now when people are expecting more than ever to vote by mail! He want to cheat to win he know Biden voters are more likely to not vote in person because of the pandemic
@mastermnd22
4 жыл бұрын
@@chryssoraidy9838 it must be easy to live life deaf/blind. Reality is a bitch
@14austyboi
4 жыл бұрын
LOL
@chryssoraidy9838
4 жыл бұрын
@@mastermnd22 Reality definitely is a bitch. The rest is more your department than mine. I don't let politicians tell me how to think. You should try it.
@CalvinHikes
7 жыл бұрын
Part of my soul dies every time I have to pick up a package from our local post office. It's like they try to do everything wrong, discourteous, and slow.
@bdbailey
4 жыл бұрын
How about how the military loses 700 billion a year next?
@toosweet6046
4 жыл бұрын
They don’t
@bdbailey
4 жыл бұрын
@@toosweet6046 You're right! They actually lose 738 billion per year. Thank you for fact checking me there
@nonmagicmike723
4 жыл бұрын
I'm a Republican, but this is one of the things I don't like about the Right in America, this assumption that we need to constantly jack up defense spending year after year just because, including in peacetime. And the unfortunate thing is that the base is largely for it. So, you can blame the military industrial complex all you want, but ultimately, the GOP is simply representing its voters on this one. And I wish they'd come around on that.
@JRLSprague3
4 жыл бұрын
None of that money leaves the country.
@nonmagicmike723
4 жыл бұрын
@@JRLSprague3 None of the money spent on welfare or NPR leaves the country either.
@mattymessner9185
5 жыл бұрын
I actually like the post office. For my business it works, their prices are so much cheaper then UPS and FeDex, though those ones are open later, the difference for me when I mail paintings is, USPS $4 - $15 a painting (size pending). The other 2 charge $24- $125 for those same sizes. It just works for me, and the people at my post office are super sweet.
@me-myself-i787
7 ай бұрын
USPS is cheaper because taxpayers pay.
@terrigoodsell9596
4 ай бұрын
So the rest of us have to subsidize your business?
@mattymessner9185
4 ай бұрын
@@terrigoodsell9596 might as well get some benefits for all these taxes I’m paying. Like, 24 - 33% I pay. 33% is based on receiving tips for working festivals and bar jobs for the last 30 years.
@spanky4847
5 жыл бұрын
The Postal Service does not receive government tax money to operate. The loss is caused by Congress mandate to pre-fund our retirement health. The Postal Service has over 55 billions dollars in the U.S. Treasury
@nigeladams8321
4 жыл бұрын
It's almost like this video isn't about the facts but it's instead about pushing an agenda
@AidenRKrone
4 жыл бұрын
As someone who orders from eBay almost everyday and has packages, parcels, and boxes delivered to his address, I must say that the USPS is the most reliable. FedEx, Amazon Logistics, and UPS _always_ deliver my packages to the wrong address. I'm not defending the financial wastefulness of the USPS, but I do have to give credit where it's due.
@MisterE80
10 ай бұрын
I've had FedEx deliver to the wrong address once which pissed me off, (he obviously didn't look at the door number since there wasn't one on THE LAUNDRY ROOM door at my apartment building for crying out loud) but I've also gotten pissed off at the post office for delivering to the wrong address (he delivered it to a different house number on my street). Although my current mailman is rather excellent I will say. I still want the postal service privatized 100% but I want the privatized service to hire him.
@palaceofwisdom9448
4 жыл бұрын
Occasionally the algorithm really works.
@gregrohs6688
6 жыл бұрын
Largest employer of veterans within the united states.
@johnpuckett4888
4 жыл бұрын
LongShot you’re so tough
@angelsalinas31as
4 жыл бұрын
@LongShot chill you fucking pog
@mr.kilpatrick2991
4 жыл бұрын
Largest employer of slackers within the united states. fixed it for free.
@cristianmunoz2480
5 жыл бұрын
" Alright it's true, nobody needs mail. You think you're so clever for figuring that out? "
@woodyburns
4 жыл бұрын
Cristian Munoz Is there a problem here, Postal Employee Newman?
@JasonFiske
4 жыл бұрын
With the pandemic and mail in ballots, we are now seeing this all over again in 2020.
@durantetest
4 жыл бұрын
I would support Stossel as one of Trump's advisers in a heart beat.
@furydeath
4 жыл бұрын
oh god just what we need more fox new people
@Exileonbackroad
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah they're perfect together - two douchebags.
@melonieashway4189
4 жыл бұрын
@@Exileonbackroad Who hurt you?
@2-old-Forthischet
7 жыл бұрын
They're actually a monopoly. I've been battling my post office for better efficiency for the last 27 years. I complained so much I just gave up. I expect to lose mail anymore so I simply went to paperless mailing as much as possible. I live in a 200 plus condo association and once a post office delivery person asked me what to do when the box is too small. Isn't there a common sense test before they hire these people?
@MK-ex4pb
7 жыл бұрын
Abunai One nope my friend worked for them for a few months and he said half the people in orientation were complete morons
@Rehdman6444
7 жыл бұрын
As a 36-year veteran of the USPS (now retired), I understand your frustration. Now I do business transactions and personal communications via phone or email. I have been "on the inside" and I know how the sausage is made.
@2-old-Forthischet
7 жыл бұрын
I worked for a "giant" telecommunications company before I retired. One of my supervisors retired earlier than me ( I remained as a tech because I saw what management had to go through) and decided to work for the USPS to try a draw a second pension. He quit the USPS after the first day on the job.
@2-old-Forthischet
7 жыл бұрын
I can say the same for that "giant" telecom company I retired from. At one time they considered getting rid of the middle three layers of five layers of management but you know they patted each other on the back so well it didn't happen.
@bherber
6 жыл бұрын
@Abunai - It sounds like you may need to battle your condo a little more. If a mail box is too small and too full, then there's nothing the postal carrier can do. Maybe the management of your condo can hold the mail for you. You don't have to shit on the post office for the weaknesses of your condo.
@dissturbbed
5 жыл бұрын
“I can’t talk to you” smart woman
@towelietowel4513
4 жыл бұрын
I worked at the post office for a while and we have had the same vehicles for 30 years, we rarely get 40 hours (meaning we mainly work 10 hour days), and the leadership refuses to increase prices. Like seriously, the prices for stamps is a joke. Most of our money is made from junk mail, and most people want us open lol.
@rn2cro03
4 жыл бұрын
All this time, I thought Pres Trump was responsible for failing post offices.
@leechowning2712
4 жыл бұрын
Guessing from the dozens of ads?
@buddyjenkins7188
4 жыл бұрын
Have you seen the uproar from the Democrats over his attempts to reform the Post Office?
@johnlazar1818
4 жыл бұрын
@@buddyjenkins7188 how is not funding the post office "reform"?
@buddyjenkins7188
4 жыл бұрын
@@johnlazar1818 Since when did not increasing funding become "not funding?"
@reggie69.
4 жыл бұрын
@@buddyjenkins7188 I haven't heard about his attempts to reform the post office please enlighten me
@kamala2111
4 жыл бұрын
Not one word about pre funding bill, UPS and Fed Ex don’t deliver every address in America. No taxpayer money Stossel.
@joyceb8407
4 жыл бұрын
Correct, UPS and FedEx both will hand over mail/packages to the USPS to finsh the delivery where the 2 don't deliver. I sent a package to my brother using UPS and had to pay an extra charge for the last leg of the delivery. I was told because it will actually be delivered by USPS because UPS does not go that far out in his rural area in Virginia, to much added cost. They said they drop it at nearest town.
@dez8946
4 жыл бұрын
Joyce B I called ups and fed ex and they said if you pay extra they will do the last leg
@jamadir
4 жыл бұрын
Haha the us is such a shithole😂
@justaway_of_the_samurai
4 жыл бұрын
@@joyceb8407 UPS and Fedex won't deliver there because it is cheaper to outsource to the USPS. And the reason the USPS is cheaper is because they are not allowed to charge what the delivery is worth.
@MisterE80
4 ай бұрын
No one forces any of these individuals to live there, so stop whining!
@BZman7
4 жыл бұрын
Thank the unions, they have too much power in USPS
@reggie69.
4 жыл бұрын
And Congress
@BZman7
4 жыл бұрын
@Xeh Zinpo that's only part of the story. There several factors that have caused USPS to perform poorly.
@AdvancedUSA
4 жыл бұрын
The FIRST thing a newly elected congressman or senator thinks the first time he sits at his desk is, “ aah, this is good”. The second is “how do I get re-elected”. And that’s how our tax dollars “crumble”.
@paris466
4 жыл бұрын
You're correct, but that doesn't apply to the Post Office. They receive ZERO (0) tax dollars.
@richardgillette5759
4 жыл бұрын
I am sick and tired of only paying cents for stamps! We need to privatize the post office and let big business come in and start charging me DOLLARS not cents. That makes no sense. Thank god Stossel is here to gut an entity older than USA itself and fight for big business.
@edwardgreenjr167
4 жыл бұрын
"I don't represent John Stossel" Yup. You don't represent most of Americans. THAT'S THE POINT.
@stanwolenski9541
4 жыл бұрын
Edward Green, Jr ctually he is correct, he represents the people in the congressional district he was elected to. Notice both he and Frankan are gone.
@georgeyrrboy
4 жыл бұрын
that's how congress works dumbass
@mgreg8134
5 жыл бұрын
What this whole story never touches on is that the postal service has to fully fund it's pension plan 75 years out. That is why it loses money.
@HermannTheGreat
5 жыл бұрын
That's what I was told by Postal workers whom I asked about the whole "not being profitable." I was told they have to fund things so far out it always looks like a loss.
@_..--
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing this has been brought back by the algorithm. Keep up the quality work John.
@belowaverageluke1369
4 жыл бұрын
I can see why trump is doing what he's doing. This timing seems a bit fishy but it's ok. This video was recommended at an important time.
@mawlinzebra
4 жыл бұрын
@oO0 Aegis 0Oo it's by KZitem themselves, but it doesn't make sense. KZitem by proxy of google hates Trump and recommending this video defending Trump's actions is something they'd never do.
@youdontknowwhoiam4349
4 жыл бұрын
oO0 Aegis 0Oo it’s an algorithm that does it, not somebody on the inside that pushed buttons and does it manually. This video was likely recommended simply because everyone is talking about the USPS right now.
@cookmeadrinkshow4814
4 жыл бұрын
us post mail officials decided to aid dems, period they need a lot money to defraud
@MrCarlGW
Жыл бұрын
90% of my recycle bin is junk mail. Then I have to pay the city to haul it off.
@trevorreznik3908
3 жыл бұрын
Whether this was years ago, decades ago, or today, it is the same theme. Government work is not efficient, not effective and doesn’t care about how your money is spent.
@pathagan3011
4 жыл бұрын
How can you do a report and not mention the postal retirement Act of 2006 I couldn't help but notice your dates start at 2007. I used to respect John Stossel--no more
@yvonneye3889
4 жыл бұрын
So what's your argument then? Complaining this video not having enough context but we still don't know why you were triggered.
@itshammertime4297
4 жыл бұрын
"The USPS dosent make the government any money" It's a service how much money has the military made?
@oxey_
4 жыл бұрын
The technology that is developed for the military probably makes some money back but not the 600B it costs every year lmao. I totally agree, basic services like mail, healthcare, water / electricity shouldn't be super expensive, the argument of 'you chose to live in the middle of nowhere' is the same as 'this is 'Murica and if you don't like it then go back to your own country' which is just inconsiderate
@deepakraisotang
4 жыл бұрын
If you want to put value to world’s and our security , how much do you think it is worth?
@itshammertime4297
4 жыл бұрын
rai delfinalty less the 600 billion dollars
@CommaGaming
4 жыл бұрын
@@itshammertime4297 you do realise you would value a person at less than $1.700 then right.
@itshammertime4297
4 жыл бұрын
@@CommaGaming I dont how did you get to that conclusion?
@bsm6776
6 жыл бұрын
I don’t know who else is willing to send an envelope to Alaska and Hawaii for 47 cents
@bkcellularking6772
5 жыл бұрын
email for free
@bfun4615
5 жыл бұрын
@rob1248996 LOL! you millennials are so funny
@sminthian
4 жыл бұрын
I live on an island in Alaska. There's no UPS or Fedex, and just a post office. There's no competition here, so they don't even try. There is no home delivery, everyone has a PO box and all of your mail has to be picked up from there.
@davidp.7620
4 жыл бұрын
"We should run Socialism like we run the post office" Vladimir Lenin If that was their goal, imagine reality...
@robertm.9515
4 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was in a town in Southern France and rode by a doctors office... it looked worse than my local USPS.
@formerevolutionist
6 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else remember the phrase: "Wait six to eight weeks for delivery" when trying to get some toy through the mail?
@lawr5764
6 жыл бұрын
formerevolutionist. Oh boy do I remember! It was likely because they didn't sent it right away. A company isn't gonna rush to send something to a kid who sent in a few boxtops and 50 cents. Also they sent that stuff 3rd class if I remember right.
@formerevolutionist
6 жыл бұрын
Also, six to eight weeks is like a few years to a kid. I remember going to the post office every day with the same question: "Is it here, yet?"
@lawr5764
6 жыл бұрын
formerevolutionist I'm with you on that!!! Seemed like forever.
@saxon6
4 жыл бұрын
My mail is mutilated, ruined and I have to have valuable documents (my wife's Doctoral degree) resent. I get no satisfaction from the Postmaster. They fold my mail even though my rural-sized mail box can fit large packages. They even document delivery attempts that they never made.
@zackglisan6400
3 жыл бұрын
This channel should be a major news network...
@michaelfrisby6998
4 жыл бұрын
The USPS doesn't get money from taxes. It is totally funded by the money it collects from stamp and package rates. And it's only losing billions every year because Congress in the 90s made it start prefunding all employee retirement benefits, which no business in the world does. And no business does that because no business could afford to. Having said that it's important to remember that the USPS is not a business but a service. It's not supposed to make profits.
@michaelfrisby6998
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Ken, I am postal worker. And you can easily Google if the USPS gets tax money. The answer is no it does not. Now you would be correct if we are given a bailout from the government. Then that would obviously come from taxes. The main reason for people not wanting it to become privatized is that it would keep it from being a service that is affordable and accessible for every citizen.
@jasongagnon8571
7 жыл бұрын
No tax dollars goes to the post office. Know your facts
@doctorlarry2273
6 жыл бұрын
True - not directly. But they have a government-mandated monopoly that is worth billions, they pay absolutely no state and local property and real estate taxes, along with other burdens like tolls, vehicle registration fees, and parking tickets (more billions). They can "borrow" money at highly subsidized interest rates (free money!) estimated to save them about 1/2 billion a year. And yet, they still lose billions a year. Those are facts.
@barryestell6324
5 жыл бұрын
When the get paid is it a Federal check ?
@fsirjyy147
5 жыл бұрын
Jason Gagnon People pay taxes which funds the government, any money that is used in the government to help or aid the Post Office is our tax dollars just like everything else in the government.
@richardsoto6957
5 жыл бұрын
@@doctorlarry2273 I heard they could borrow money but it had to be paid back by the end of the year. That's like taking a loan out from a bank.
@phukit5456
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah I guess those buildings were paid by donations.
@captainremington5109
4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me that the USPS shut down privately owned postal services back in the 1800's
@lawrencearnemann3923
3 жыл бұрын
Another example of "hey government,we dont need you"
@gg-ni9xe
2 жыл бұрын
The private sector should be allowed to operate in postal services
@klonoa450
4 жыл бұрын
This aged well
@masterbulgokov
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for throwing in the real obstacle at the end - selfish, short-sighted people.
@benx6264
4 жыл бұрын
Contrary to what John Stossel tries to imply, the Post Office does not receive tax dollars. A huge problem that they do have is the fact that in 2006, Congress passed a law that required the Post Office to create a $72 billion fund to pay all its employee's post-retirement health care costs 75 years into the future. Making payments into this fund is what drove the PO into the red, before that they were breaking even as they were supposed to. FEDEX and UPS don't have to do that. You try running a business that has to pre-pay 75 years worth of health costs for its retirees.
@mrsparex
4 жыл бұрын
Paying rent on empty buildings, renting instead of buying, congress stealing the retirement funds, overpaid employees, running empty trucks multiple times a day etc etc
@banzaibomb4980
4 жыл бұрын
And people out here saying we gotta "Save USPS" in 2020
@revmarcell6449
4 жыл бұрын
The little post offices, especially the one that you “expose” are part of the community. Not everyone can drive to the bigger postal centers where there is usually no parking.
@eddiew2325
2 жыл бұрын
You can use a e bike
@zombiecheney4583
Жыл бұрын
@@eddiew2325 you can use seppuku
@TeaCubeds
4 жыл бұрын
As much as I like John Stossel and agree with most of his viewpoints. I think most of this is a misrepresentation of the USPS.
@brendenlothamer1680
4 жыл бұрын
TeaCubed it's pretty accurate when they can't operate profitably
@crookedinapot8980
3 жыл бұрын
It's called being mandated by congress to pregund retiree health benefits
@richardhutchinson651
2 жыл бұрын
The USPS also steals from people. My 79 year old mother mailed two packages through the Postal Service that had very valuable items in them. She did everything the Postal Service expected her to, insured the packages, sent them signature required etc... The packages made it to the Jacksonville FL hub and disappeared. One package was mailed one day and these second the day after. BOTH ended up missing. My mother sent in a claim and she was denied because she couldn't prove what was in the packages. The Postal Service didn't even open an investigation into the theft of my mothers packages. The USPS is a scam and should be abolished because UPS and FED EX does it far cheaper and far better. "LETS GO USPS"
@dn272
4 жыл бұрын
this did not age well
@ArrogantLoop
4 жыл бұрын
How so? I thought it aged great, the video is still true today
@Knarf2285
4 жыл бұрын
Gee, I wonder what happened in 2006 that might have caused this constant loss? Hmm?
@LittleMopeHead
4 жыл бұрын
I live in an apartment, and can't remember the last time I check my mailbox. It's literally all junk mail.
@yazeed3881
4 жыл бұрын
If the usps need to turn a profit then every branch of the government needs to , including the military .
@kertas1991111
4 жыл бұрын
Soo you want to set plunder quotas for the military? great idea
@yazeed3881
4 жыл бұрын
Kertas well you can set it for USPS why not for military ?
@matthewrammig
4 жыл бұрын
There’s only one person to blame for all of this... Newman!
@Mytagz
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@uppercut70
4 жыл бұрын
But, but, but it's Trumps fault! Reeeeeee
@shubhamvats6920
3 жыл бұрын
Never seen such a truthful guy ever .
@coltooon946
4 жыл бұрын
The post office doesn't get tax money Congress recently made the post office pay benefits before retirement before this they actually made money. Everyone has a right to a post office because access to information is a vital part of democracy.
@Imnothere6
3 жыл бұрын
" The congress shall have the power to establish post offices." The word shall means MUST so you guys know
@bmxfreakxyo
4 жыл бұрын
We don’t get any tax money!!! All our money comes from postage!!!
@jimbertido7762
7 жыл бұрын
The post office actually makes money it doesn't cost us anything. Packages cost money to mail, they have contracts with certain websites to exclusively deliver packages even fed ex,ups they deliver their packages that they can't.
@Yewon2001
7 жыл бұрын
I'm a conservative/libertarian but uh...leave my post office alone! There's a good youtube video that explains how the post office united the untied states. I mean there are some post offices that could close but not mine. I have a side business that depends on the post office.
@MK-ex4pb
7 жыл бұрын
Yewon2001 nobody is talking about yours. We are talking about the ones in bumfuck villages that are a mile apart and don't receive much.
@Yewon2001
7 жыл бұрын
Michael those they people that that 'bumfuck' post office serves probably feel the same way I do. The post office is necessary if even it does cost more.
@mattlane2282
6 жыл бұрын
No one cares about your "side business"
@doctorlarry2273
6 жыл бұрын
So that PO (with others within a mile) that cannot even cover salaries should exist? NO!
@maraudersr1043
4 жыл бұрын
Congress needs to quit telling the PO how to do things and let them thrive. We need the PO as it guarantees our 1A rights.
@goergebobicles1351
3 жыл бұрын
2:14 before someone points out that the USPS isn't directly funded by taxes, they still are bailed out of being bankrupt from time to time and unfortunately that money has to come from somewhere.
@matthewm9261
7 жыл бұрын
The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 is why the post office loses money. Before that the post office made a profit. John Stossel is very one sided in this piece.
@MK-ex4pb
7 жыл бұрын
Mandingo Warrior no it didn't. Stop lying
@bherber
6 жыл бұрын
It really is the mandate that it fund the retirement pension fund to the extent that it has to, if you want to look at the largest money drain.
@MewCat100
5 жыл бұрын
Actually, that's not true. The post office has lost money almost every year since 1960. Also, the PAEA of 2006 was enacted because the USPS was only funding retirement benefits at about 50% and health care at about 80%. In other words, it was setting itself up for a major taxpayer bailout. The act was an attempt to avert that, though it is failing miserably.
@poodlescone9700
4 жыл бұрын
Cut some locations and cut delivery dates to 3 days a week. That would be a good compromise.
@reggie69.
4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure Congress forces them so I don't really don't think they can actually fix the problem until Congress decides to fix it
@caseyvee4419
3 жыл бұрын
Only if they fire some people. If you keep the same staff in place and just have them do less work, there is no savings.
@wubuck79
4 жыл бұрын
I gotta be honest, of all the ways government wastes money, the Post Office is way, way, wayyy down the list of my personal priorities when it comes to where to start cutting.
@generalawareness101
4 жыл бұрын
Been saying it more and more with each passing year that you can close down my post offices (been two since this originally aired) and it would *NOT* affect me. Close 50% of the post offices and in 2020 most wouldn't care. Oh, they think they would but not really when DMs, PMs, IMs, email, online shopping, online digital mags, etc... have taken over. Most of that was not around in 2012 when this originally aired.
@generalawareness101
4 жыл бұрын
@kylekataryn Last mile was put in under Obama to try and save them. Stop pushing the same nonsense and I hope USPS goes completely under as the relic that it is. Stagecoaches had to be phased out and so does the USPS.
@generalawareness101
4 жыл бұрын
@kylekataryn You are very biased and it shows because even the Postmaster General admits they are not handling anywhere near the volume of mail that they once did. Well, 2+2=5? Of course in their world because less volume means less money to squander. If it wasn't for Congress paying them and they were 100% a private venture they would collapse in under a year. Get rid of the mother fuckers already.
@BK-yo5zg
3 жыл бұрын
@@generalawareness101 congress doesn't pay them. LOL don't you readbbefore posting? Obviously not and John Stossel tends to leave out a lot of facts when doing stories. When facts matter just leave them out like a lot of Libertarians. Great in a perfect world, but not practical.
@bherber
7 жыл бұрын
I love John Stossel, but this is a case of him focusing on tiny bullshit debt, which is a miniscule amount of the total national debt, like PBS or NPR. If you want to fix the national debt, you need to focus on the big 4 - Medicare, Social Security, Interest on the National Debt & Military Spending.
@jshepard152
7 жыл бұрын
Bryan Herber Cheers to that. Most people give in to their political prejudices on spending cuts. In reality, all those things need to be cut.
@dchawk81
7 жыл бұрын
Bryan Herber If you REALLY want to eliminate or reduce debt you gotta look at everything because all the "tiny bullshit debt" adds up. Every household budget planner knows this.
@bherber
7 жыл бұрын
Bad comparison dchawk and you know it. Let's say you eliminated all the tiny bullshit debt. 100%... Wouldn't even put a dent in things. You'd still have a tremendous problem. Take a look at the numbers sometime
@dchawk81
7 жыл бұрын
Bryan Herber The hell it wouldn't. You gotta look at everything that's wasteful spending. If you only focus on the big stuff you won't make much progress. Trim a little off of a lot of things and you'll get somewhere.
@bherber
7 жыл бұрын
Ha ha dchawk, ok then if you're such an expert, would you care to name the exact stuff you would cut and the dollar amounts? We'll add it up and subtract it from the national debt. You'll then see it'd be miniscule.
@kingargon
4 жыл бұрын
If they close all the totally useless post offices, then how will I get 5 crap letters a day saying I’m pre approved for credit cards that I don’t want?
@therealtijuanaman
4 жыл бұрын
"these politicians aren't dumb" 🤣🤣🤣😭 Good one John
@jaybee3165
3 жыл бұрын
they claim no tax is used for the post office... only stamp fees pay the bills. I call Bs.
@josephvanhorn5347
3 жыл бұрын
How many people work at the post office? Half of them.
@skyhigh6
7 жыл бұрын
Here is a weird thing. I can literally walk to the post office down the street, but my mail comes from the post office across town. If I get a letter I need to sign for I have to drive across town to get the letter.
@skyhigh6
7 жыл бұрын
90% of my mail goes directly from the mail box to the wheely-bin. Most all my important mail comes to my computer or I can access my accounts via computer.
@Jeff-S
7 жыл бұрын
What country are you from? The only thing you need to sign for would be a signature tracked parcel or mail or a certified or registered mail. Your mail man should bring it to you, have you sign it and scan it right at your door.I do it on my USPS route for everybody.
@bherber
6 жыл бұрын
It sounds like you live right across the zip code border.
@danielcoleman2895
6 жыл бұрын
Sky High All mail goes to its City's GMF for Sorting and Barcoding. Standing in front of the smallest PO you can find makes their task no smaller. UPS and Fed Ex handle only a fraction of the volume that the Postal Service does.
@brianmcdaid3178
6 жыл бұрын
Jeff S, exactly how do you do that when there is no one home?
@RangerHouston
6 жыл бұрын
Ughhh democrats.
@bobs182
4 жыл бұрын
Republicans always run up the deficit more than Democrats. Repubs only dislike spending when it isn't them doing it.
@BadEconomyOfficial
4 жыл бұрын
Have any of you ever applied to the Post Office, it is a PAIN in the @$$ on the application, 90% of the time they want your work history even if it means going back to elementary school and 90% of the time you get rejected, so you have to know someone who works for them already.
@TheMaulam12345
Жыл бұрын
close them, close them all but dont close mine.
@martymcfly5423
6 жыл бұрын
1:48 "They are hellbend on seeing the US postal service DIEEEEEE" hahaha :D
@kingkuts
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like health care..hummm
@randomuser5443
4 жыл бұрын
The government hasn’t fuck it up that bad
@JohnSmith-oe5rx
4 жыл бұрын
Random User They have, lol. Government ruins everything
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