The Very Survival of Nonprofits Is Being Threatened
The threat is coming from our own government. But there are things you can do.
At the time of this writing, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has proposed phasing out preferential nonprofit postal rates. It's not that he's trying to hurt nonprofits. He's trying to prevent the collapse of the U.S. Postal Service, brought on by competition from the more efficient private sector (e.g., FedEx), the Internet (mail volume is down 22 percent in five years) and decades of mismanagement of the USPS, including the capitulation to outlandish union demands that bring to mind similar mistakes made by U.S. auto manufacturers.
- Companies:
- Federal Express
Tom Harrison is the former chair of Russ Reid and Omnicom's Nonprofit Group of Agencies. He served as chair of the NonProfit PRO Editorial Advisory Board.
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