Originally posted by Parallax I'm sure that's a big part of the problem. By law, they are not allowed to make a profit. Can you imagine what a dream job it would be for any corporate manager to have no responsibility for the financial success of his company?
My business is small even by "small business" definition. By "corporation" concept it is somewhere between minuscule and microscopic. What stress free life I would have if I knew my income would not change whether the business made money or not.
They cut 105,000 full time jobs. Seems someone was worried about something
You know many business's run in the red for a very, very, long time, yet survive on cash flow, and the dreams of investors that "someday" mgmt. will hit it right......
For example......
Or this.........
http://www.google.com/finance?q=PINK:FXRE&fstype=ii
Skewed a bit for "effect'.... but i think you get my point..... it's not ALWAYS about making profit.. just cash flow.
Making money is really only part of the story (even for real small businesses) though I recognize many can't be as "non-profitable" as others and survive.
On a more silly note:
USPS is an American icon, few would care emotionally if UPs or Fed-Ex just blipped off the radar.. (around here I see few complaints the DHL has "disappeared.. ) but the postal service cease to exist.... might as well just cut out social security..
BTW: Many people would not be happy w/ the elimination of Sat. delivery, though it makes perfect "sense". Ask.
USPS much like Pentax, a japanese national icon....