lets make this clear people if the federal government did not make the post office make a 5.5 billion dollar payment a year we would not be having this conversation. no closing of post offices no 5 day delivery.and as for the people who think postal employees make to much. i would like to see you delivering mail in the...more

the 5.5 billion payment does not go into the pension funds.it is a payment mandated by congress to prefund health and no other government agency or private industry has to make a payment like that.as for the postal inspector retirement is 20 years along with many other law enforcements agencies through the country. as ...more

Yes the post office is top heavy in management. but you do not see them talking about cutting management Yes managment has been paid bonuses {aka incentive awards or what ever they want to call it} even while they say we are losing money. The Post Office is a service to the american people it is not a business. by law ...more

Over the past few years the post office has made money from it's day to day operations. It is losing money because under President Bush it has been required to prefund 75 years of employees health care costs in a 10 yr period. That is a 5.5 billion payment that no other government agency or private company has to make....more