The Post Office are asking for $6 billion in bailouts. I heard it on the radio yesterday.
There ARE other types of jobs besides manufacturing and sorting envelopes, you know. A software company doesn’t manufacture anything, but it creates IP and jobs and contributes to the economy. Your disparaging referral to anyone whom doesn’t sort envelopes as a “shopkeeper” is beyond bizarre.
Tell me, where are the USPS going to get this $6B, if not from the taxpayers? Personally, I would break up the USPS and auction off the pieces.
The postal reorganization act does not allow USPS to count costs of tribute ~ best possible word for that $5 bil ~ as a cost to be passed on to the rate payers as a postage rate increase.
RINO Olympia Snowe came up with that particular stupid idea ~ she's gone. Her idea should be disposed of as well.
The US government, in general, has immense resources. They could base a currency on nothing but natural gas on public lands ~ and that'd be one of the world's strongest currencies ~ and could pay off the debt.
The taxpayers aren't giving USPS any money ~ at the same time the Congress is holding up on giving them approval to cut losses ~ at least $10 billion in annual costs can be eliminated by closing 28,000 rural and small urban postal facilities.
Write your congressman.