Category Archives: USPS

Congress Finally Fixes Its Own USPS F*ck Up: A Comment on Meaningless Absurdity

Posted on February 14, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

For over a decade, I’ve been writing about how both political partiessaddled the U.S. Postal Service with a massive retirement financing burden. Essentially, USPS had to generate 75 years worth of retirement funds over a ten year period, and when … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Think Democrats Are Going to DESTROY Postmaster General DeJoy

Posted on August 21, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

So next week, House Democrats are planning hearings about USPS’ interestingly-timed efforts to change how mail is delivered in the U.S. There has been a lot of eager anticipation of several Democrats’ future questioning (a couple of them actually don’t … Continue reading →

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USPS and an Atypical Reaction to a Democratic Response

Posted on August 18, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

With the ongoing attempt by Trump apparatchik and U.S. Postmaster General DeJoy to destroy the ability of the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the mail (kind of a core function), many Democratic politicians took to the Intertoobz to condemn DeJoy. … Continue reading →

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USPS Is in Real Trouble

Posted on April 13, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

For years, I’ve been discussing how Congress forced the US Postal Service (USPS) to ‘pre-fund’ 75 years of pension obligations over a period of ten years, something no other delivery company is forced to do. That Congressional requirement, along with … Continue reading →

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Congress Finally Starts to Fix Its USPS Mess

Posted on February 12, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

For years, I’ve been writing about how both political parties–bipartisanship!–saddled the U.S. Postal Service with a massive retirement financing burden. Essentially, USPS had to generate 75 years worth of retirement funds over a ten year period, and when it was … Continue reading →

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Il Trumpe Doesn’t Understand The US Postal Service Budget

Posted on January 2, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

I realize ‘Il Trumpe tweeted something stupid’ is a dog-bites-man story, but, even by his lights, this is pretty fucking stupid: Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon … Continue reading →

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In Bipartisan Fashion, Congress ‘Fixes’ Its Own Postal Service Screw Up

Posted on February 15, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Consider this a case study in how Democrats lose. Years, the august solons of the U.S. Congress decided that the U.S. Postal Service (‘USPS’) would be forced to fund 75 years of retirement funds over a period of ten years–something … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile The Conservative Postal Service Con Rolls On

Posted on January 21, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

If history is any guide, Republicans will definitely try to further weaken and privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). As per their usual strategy, they will claim the Postal Service is losing money, even though those losses are due to … Continue reading →

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They’re Still Lying About the Post Office’s ‘Insolvency’

Posted on October 14, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve written many, many times about the false fiscal crisis that the United States Postal Service (‘USPS’) supposedly faces. In 2006, Congress passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) which requires USPS to pre-fund 75 years of worker benefits … Continue reading →

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Using Anti-Postal Service Tactics Against Social Security

Posted on January 9, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the tricks conservatives and their Democratic enablers have used in their attempt to privatize (further) the U.S. Postal Service is to require USPS to provide for 75 years of benefits over ten years. The inability of USPS to … Continue reading →

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