They say unprofitable rural routes are the main barrier to privatization. Honestly though, what mail is really needed? The only thing I can think of is official government or legal correspondence. Everything else can be an email or not exist. You could even argue that government and legal letters could be emails as well. Although I can see the fraud concerns.
Those rural routes should charge more for mailings to those routes if the sender wants to get it there. That would be my solution. It's not $0.81 or whatever for Pa Kettle out in Dogpatch, it's the full priority $7.85 (or whatever) and it goes out for delivery once a week. Medications and things can go FedEx like Medicare, or any one of a dozen other parcel carriers. Even my folks out in podunkia have internet services now.
There's also the problem of all those little offices. For example, in the area of PA I like to travel, there's an office in every little town - some of them no more than some dude's house where a room that's accessible from the road has a counter that's open from 9-12 every day and has some boxes in it. Consolidation is the key.
You never get a parcel at your house?
When I do it is rarely delivered by USPS. Usually it is UPS or Amazon.
> When I do it is rarely delivered by USPS. Usually it is UPS or Amazon.
What's funny is that the post office delivers packages for every major shipping service. No shipping services delivers parcels for the USPS.
Anything the major players don't find profitable, and all overflow that they cannot fit in their trucks is given to the post office daily.
Not really an option in small towns.