Postal Service can take cue from e-mail: #tellusatoday

We asked our followers on Twitter for some ideas about how to improve the U.S. Postal Service and make it more efficient. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:

The U.S. Postal Service should offer e-mail as Yahoo and Google do. Mail is mail, and the advertising is lucrative. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right?

— @lillymacus

The USPS needs to offer 90% of its services online only. Physical post offices should focus on government forms, community outreach.

— @KenHaggerty

Regionalize post offices; offer incentives for delivery by volume commission; collect consumer satisfaction feedback.

— @PATR8T

Six-day service is outdated. Transition to three-day delivery: Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

— @JBeckstead

It needs relief from the legislation requiring the Postal Service to pre-fund retiree health benefits costing billions of dollars each year.

— @Samfor3

Educate people about using kiosk to ship items. It's really not hard and would cut down on lines and frustration at post offices.

— @ellieyall

Raise bulk rate price, eliminate Saturday service and move more services online.

— @tvonbank

Sell ads on stamps to help generate revenue.

— @dianelytle

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