Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US letter carriers

Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by cwhiz on Monday July 27, 2020 @08:03AM (#23964274)

I don’t find it onerous at all. The USPS pension will ultimately be one of the few fully funded public pensions.

Head to your favorite search engine, pick any city or state in the US, and then follow it with “pension crisis.”

USPS retirees will be better off than virtually any other non-military government employee.

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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by eru on Monday July 27, 2020 @08:25AM (#23964404)

I am inclined to agree. But I assume that in practice it's all just down to accounting: retirees tend to vote a lot.

So I expect pensions to be bailed out. Especially government pensions.

USPS is just forced to already confront reality early, instead of waiting for the bailout later.

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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by delfinom on Monday July 27, 2020 @12:28PM (#23966625)

I'm waiting for GE to implode. Their pension liability is easily near $100 billion and they have no ability to fund it.

And of course because this is America, we are going to end up giving GE some welfare.

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