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The United States Postal Service (USPS), like many service organizations, is suffering financial gloom – but is it only due to the Covid-19 pandemic? The answer is no as the USPS, for many years, has suffered massive financial losses. Postmaster General Megan Brennan says the agency will lose more than $22 billion over the next 18 months and as much as $54 billion “over the longer term.” Without a bailout, the postal service, he says, “will run out of cash this fiscal year.” The systemic failure of the postal service is due to many factors so I will ask this question of all of you: What impact would a 3-day business and home mail delivery have on your lives? I have not seen a financial study on the net effect of a 3-day delivery, and I do realize that many people rely on the USPS to receive checks and prescriptions, but at a baseline it seems plausible that three days instead of 6 days would cut their costs across the board. Three-day mail delivery….give me your take.
I am not sure why but millions of National Football League fans are pumped up about the NFL draft which starts with Thursday night’s first round selections. Don’t get me wrong as I am forever a fan of the NFL. I get that the draft will be a distraction from the Covid-19 pandemic. I realize that with no live sports there is massive pent-up demand for televised sports of any kind. What I don’t get is the hype surrounding how the NFL will conduct this year’s draft. Many teams, including the NFL team I support, have gone into the chest-pounding mode promoting their preparation to hold the draft virtually . Hey NFL: guess what? The rest of us have been conducting business the way you are handling this draft for many years, especially now with the ‘work from home’ mandate. Virtual meetings – what a concept. We have a fight on our hands to keep people alive, prevent people from contracting Covid-19, saving and reopening businesses, and getting people back to work…then I read about NFL general managers gloating about their ingenuity to hold a virtual meeting. NFL: get over yourselves.
Denali National Park in Alaska, like many national and state parks, was forced to shut down and subsequently furloughed most of their support personnel due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Luckily, Denali National Park was able to secure some support personnel to handle ongoing maintenance of the 92-mile highway that cuts through this massive park. A very smart use of natural resources.
There have been many incredibly intelligent and quick thinking people on Jeopardy. Once in a blue moon, a contestant goes against the grain and we witness a puzzling answer to a sports question. I get that this contestant is a very young college student…..but:
Yesterday’s One World: Together at Home event to salute and support the Covid-19 front line workers was well done and a welcome relief to the ongoing news coverage of the virus. The six-hour livestream was capped off by a two-hour televised event with some of the world’s best entertainers. Great stuff for a great cause.
My thoughts and prayers to all who have lost family and friends to Covid-19. Last week we heard that we need to increase testing and tracing – I am still not sure how tracing helps in the long run (see more info below) but for now I am good with anything Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx come up with. I am cautious with my desire to get the economy going again as the last thing we need is for the infection rate (‘the curve’) to rise once again. With that said, I am looking forward to “stay at home” mandates being relaxed, to businesses once again doing business, which allows the millions that are now unemployed a path to getting back to work. Let’s hope Gilead Sciences and other bio-pharmaceutical companies come up big…and quickly. https://www.wired.com/story/apple-google-contact-tracing-strengths-weaknesses/
Adios, be safe, pay it forward, and have a nice Sunday.
Babe Ruth….WTF kid!?!?! Jeezus
Well, she will know the next time!!
Hi Gary – 3 day mail, or perhaps longer is viable for the majority. We rely on the internet much more to conduct personal business and I for one am virtually paper free. There will be exceptions of course and how to service that would need some thought, but in general a 3 day option for personal mail should be viable. Business mail, where a daily service is needed, could become a pay as you go service.
Paul, thanks and yes, agree 100%.
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