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BumRushDaShow

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7. I think it was just from years of running a deficit and then a literal drop-off of business

Reply to TheRickles (Reply #6)

Sat Nov 15, 2025, 07:32 AM

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I.e., people paying bills online and the proliferation of more and expanded package delivery services like that provided by Amazon (which has been killing UPS and Fedex too).

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142884607
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142899903

The biggest issue that is rarely mentioned is that USPS is the only carrier that provides service to every address (including rural) and other services still don't (which I suppose is part of the push for "drone delivery" ).

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