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The U.S. Postal Service, having posted a nearly $2 billion fiscal second-quarter loss, is contemplating cutting tens of thousands more jobs and closing or consolidating 3,100, or 8.4%, of its 36,700 offices and retail outlets, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Then why is it a FEDERAL crime (as opposed to a felony) to rob a US post office?
David: In fact, a postage stamp is legal tender. A bus driver would have to accept that as currency.
Tim: Yeah, that'd happen.
David: Well, if he doesn't, report him.
Tim: Yeah, I'll report him while I'm walking home.
Gareth: Get a taxi, if you've got enough stamps.
Dawn: Or cash 'em in at the Post Office.
David: Shouldn't have to. Shouldn't have to.
you got that right.
(huffington post)
the post office will run out of money this year unless it gets help, Postmaster General John Potter told Congress on Wednesday as he sought permission to cut delivery to five days a week.
"We are facing losses of historic proportion. Our situation is critical," Potter told a House panel.
The agency lost $2.8 billion last year and is looking at much larger losses this year. Reducing mail delivery from six days to five days a week could save $3.5 billion annually, Potter said.
Potter also urged changes in how the post office pre-pays for retiree health care to cut its annual costs by $2 billion.
If the Postal Service does run out of money, the lingering question, Potter told the House Oversight post office subcommittee, is which bills will be paid and which will not. Ensuring the payment of workers' salaries comes first, he said, but other bills may have to wait.
The postal service has been an independantly run organization for some time now. They utilize zero tax payer dollars to operate and function.
Does that mean this thread is dead?
I can't believe people don't check their facts when trying to prove a point.
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