Posts Tagged "post office"

Going Postal – The Economic Impact of Resisting Change

Posted by Kathleen on Dec 6, 2011 | 0 comments

Even when the inevitable stares us in the face, our natural inclination is to want things to stay the same. It is safe. We understand the rules and in the routine we find security. Nothing conjures up a sense of stability, reliability, and community more than the US Postal Service. And nothing is more in need of change than our mail delivery system. For generations, we have forged part of our national identity around the idea that our country built and sustained a system that allowed paper communication to flow to anyone from anywhere. In many respects, it is a miraculous system that allows a person to write a letter, scribble an address in their own hand, affix a stamp,...