Gibson Article About US Postal Service on 9/30/2007.
By Letters To The Editor TJ (10/06/07)
Dear Editor,
You may want to check out the facts of your writers articles before they go to print. It seems as though Mr. Dave Gibson has been incorrectly informed about the goings on a the United States Post Office. First I noticed that Mr. Gibson makes this point, "For 31 years, the taxpayers were forced to provide financial support beyond the funds which Congress budgeted" and this one, "The Postal service estimates their letter handling operations to be worth $45 million a year. While that figure is impressive, it is completely negated when you consider the fact that the U.S. taxpayers are forced to provide the USPS with $100 million a year." I'm sure that Mr. Gibson included this in his article entitled The Time Has Come To Close The Post Office to encite the general public. Because any research into the Postal Service would show that we are not supported by tax dollars. When is the last time you or anyone else went to their local Post Office and paid tax on a stamp or mailing service? Furthermore, statements like this one, "It was also discovered that the Postal service was paying $1,750 bonuses to any employee who took an online "morale-boosting" test." I'd like to know more about this. As a Postal Service employee I was never allowed or offered to take this online "morale-boosting" test, nor recieve the $1,750 bonus attached to it.
I think more time should be spent looking into the top heaviness that the Postal Service has and why it is that you need 4 supervisors to manage 10 employees? Then ask this question.....Why is the post office trying to "get rid" of hard working employees who have been injured on the job.????
Thanks
Terry J.
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