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How to tell if an article about the USPS is hackery: check and see if it mentions that Congress requires the Postal Service to fund its pension obligations for
by 100k 11y ago
How to tell if an article about the USPS is hackery: check and see if it mentions that Congress requires the Postal Service to fund its pension obligations for 75 years.
- tastynacho 11y agoOther fun fact with that nugget is that mandate was originally written and lobbied for by UPS and Fedex. USPS's financial woes were manufactured by the public competition.. Funny also how quickly perception of USPS changed. Prior to that many considered them a model of an anti-red tape beaurucratic government entity.