XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   J. Clarke wrote:   
   > In article <52d9b034$0$52787$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, dtravel@sonic.net   
   > says...   
   > > On 1/17/2014 12:43 PM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > > Not to argue for the pod concept, but the USPS is ONLY going broke   
   > > > because of a ludicrous requirement to fund retirement AHEAD of time...   
   > > > for SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS. No other private OR government organization's   
   > > > had to do that.   
   > >   
   > > Also not helped by Congress vetoing every proposal to balance the USPS'   
   > > budget.   
   > >   
   > > But I'm not sure I view pre-funding the retirement account as a bad idea   
   > > given how many retirement funds have been looted to pay for executive's   
   > > pay raises, business expansion, hostile takeovers, etc., leaving nothing   
   > > to actually pay the retired with.  Maybe the level of pre-funding needs   
   > > to be reviewed but I don't think the concept does.   
   >   
   > In any case there is clearly not the money there to do 144 deliveries a   
   > day to each address, as is being proposed with the "pod" concept.   
      
   You won't need to make anywhere near that number of deliveries ...   
   people will just 3D print everything in their own homes.  :-)   
      
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