Dave Gibson Article About US Postal Service on 9/30/2007.
By Letters To The Editor Michael Wilson (10/01/07)
I thought you had to do a little "leg work" to be a good reporter. I did not know that you could make blatantly incorrect statements such as Dave Gibson did on his article concerning the US Postal Service on 9/30/2007. For Mr. Gibson to even hint that tax payers have bailed out the the postal service would be completely inaccurate and false. The USPS has not received any money from our government since the early 1970's. He stated that taxpayers are giving the USPS 100 million dollars a year. I believe the Editor needs to check these facts and Mr. Gibson needs to make a retraction (and maybe a few apologies to the local postal employees!).
The USPS is the most efficient and most inexpensive postal service in the entire WORLD. We fund all our expenses from selling stamps and other philatelic items. Mr. Gibson also fails to state that if the competition of delivering mail were opened up to private sector companies it would be the end of universal delivery as we know it. The USPS makes money in large cities but loses money in rural areas. No company in there right minds would spend the needed amount of money to acquire the necessary equipment it would take to deliver to all of the US's rural areas. The logistics of the operation is just to expensive. Mr. Gibson is accurate on a few of his statements but fails to have knowlegde of the "big picture" of the business of the USPS. Next time do a little "leg work" before making yourself look so foolish!
Michael Wilson
Postmaster
Kerrville, TX 78028
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