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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by r00fus on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:15AM (#23972225)
The absurdity is that it’s not required of any other agency or private company.
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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by Rebelgecko on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:53AM (#23972397)
EVERY company (either private or publicly traded) in the US that offers a pension is legally required to do one of two things:

1. Pre-fund the pensions of employees who aren't born yet

OR

2. Stop offering the pension before they hire the people who haven't been born yet

Some companies chose to do 2, but without an act of congress the USPS is locked into option #1. This is tautological for any long lived pension plan. It will eventually serve people who haven't been born yet. I don't see why people are so surprised by it.

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