{"id":10491,"date":"2015-03-30T15:16:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T20:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=10491"},"modified":"2015-03-30T15:20:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T20:20:45","slug":"apwu-deceptive-study-financed-by-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/03\/30\/apwu-deceptive-study-financed-by-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"APWU: Deceptive Study Financed by UPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

APWU News – 03\/30\/2015<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span><\/span>A recent\u00a0<\/span>\u201cstudy\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>by a Harvard-educated economist asserting the Postal Service has an \u201cunfair competitive advantage\u201d over private-sector delivery companies has garnered a lot of attention in recent days. The \u201cstudy\u201d by Robert J. Shapiro was the subject of articles in the\u00a0<\/span>Washington Post<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Fortune<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>and was the centerpiece of a panel discussion at the well-known\u00a0<\/span>Brookings Institution<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>on March 25.<\/p>\n

The headline in Fortune was eye-catching, to say the least: \u2018American Taxpayers Give an $18 Billion Gift to the Post Office Every Year,\u2019 the Wall Street mouthpiece asserted.<\/p>\n

But so far, discussion of Shapiro\u2019s claims has omitted a crucial detail: The study was financed by United Parcel Service, the Postal Service\u2019s chief private-sector competitor and a long-time proponent of postal privatization.<\/p>\n

\u201cUPS has advocated privatization of the Postal Service for more than 30 years,\u201d said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. \u201cSo it\u2019s not surprising that the company would make these wild claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s troubling, however, that the liberal Brookings Institution would feature Shapiro at an event that was promoted as a serious discussion of the future of the Postal Service without revealing that his research was provided by UPS.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lesson there,\u201d Dimondstein added. \u201cPostal privatizers come from both major political parties.\u201d \u00a0Shapiro, who holds a Ph.D. from Harvard, runs Sonecon, Inc., a private economic consulting firm. He was Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs in the Clinton administration and advised the campaigns and transition of Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis fancy, footnoted study is nothing more than an effort to turn over our public Postal Service to the private sector,\u201d Dimondstein said.<\/p>\n

Source: APWU<\/a><\/p>\n

PEN Ed: <\/em><\/strong>Please<\/em> note what the APWU President says… \u201cPostal privatizers come from both major political parties.\u201d<\/p>\n

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