lundi 13 avril 2020

Impending financial collapse of the USPS

The long struggling US postal service is in danger of financial collapse.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/u...-the-mail.html

The USPS has long been suffering from the absurd funding requirements of the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, a poison pill that requires the USPS to pre-fund future pension payments. No other business or government agency is required to do this, and pre-funding these retirement benefits has put intense financial strain on the agency.

https://theweek.com/articles/767184/...ke-post-office

This financial instability has been exasperated by the Covid-19 pandemic, seeing mail volume and revenue drop as the economy grinds to a halt.

As of yet, the Trump administration is opposing efforts to include the USPS in any covid-19 bailout legislation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...source=twitter

Republicans may finally achieve their dream of fully privatizing the mail.


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