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Re:USPS sued by states and environmental groups over purchas... by prostoalex on Sunday May 01, 2022 @12:37PM (#31226399)
> Congress and Biden recently fixed the prepay pension handcuffs initially intended to hold the USPS down from investment in their infra.

I don't really have a horse in this game, but what's the playbook now for the scenario when the pension fund under-performs, and USPS is on the hook to make up the difference?

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Re:USPS sued by states and environmental groups over purchas... by toomuchtodo on Sunday May 01, 2022 @12:40PM (#31226422)
Backfilled by the general fund decades down the road.
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Re:USPS sued by states and environmental groups over purchas... by prostoalex on Sunday May 01, 2022 @12:52PM (#31226527)
Is that possible? I thought the whole reason they're not plain old federal employees is this setup where USPS is chartered as an independent entity? Do they even have a general fund?
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Re:USPS sued by states and environmental groups over purchas... by toomuchtodo on Sunday May 01, 2022 @12:58PM (#31226570)
Anything is possible with legislation and a tax base. The general fund I referred to is the US federal general fund.

https://fiscal.treasury.gov/general-fund/

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