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Published Friday, November 27, 2009 in Opinion

Competition in delivery

Washington leadership is all about hope, change and competition. We have heard we need more competition to ensure all American citizens' rights are met. I think that timely, daily delivery of the mail is a right long overlooked by my representatives. We need to urge them to create some competition there to improve the general welfare of all Americans.

The government agency of the USPS announced it lost $3.8 billion in the most recent fiscal year. It also delivered less mail -- 26 billion fewer pieces less, a nearly 13 percent drop from the previous year. This bad news follows losses totaling $7.8 billion in 2007 and 2008.

The Postal Service is legally prohibited from taking tax dollars. But to stay afloat, the agency has been borrowing from the U.S. Treasury. Guess where this money comes from? At last count, according to Postal Service, it owes the government $10.2 billion. Now they are talking about cutting Saturday service and raising prices again.

I feel it is my right to get my mail on Saturday, and I am so tired of the prices of postage continuing to go up. So I think we ought to encourage our leadership in Washington to abolish the laws pertaining to the U.S. Postal Service being the only ones to deliver the mail.

I think we ought to have choice when it comes to who delivers our mail. Timely daily delivery of the mail is very important to all citizens. Obviously, those in charge of it are not handling it properly. Perhaps if we open it up to some competition, like UPS or FedEx, we could get our mail first thing in the morning if we like. Maybe we could even get Sunday delivery. Now that's choice and competition.

Terry Pitts

Newnan