XPost: or.politics, alt.politics.trump, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com   
      
   On 2/21/25 21:49, Mitchell Holman wrote:   
   > tye syding  wrote in news:20250219104105.044e5176@z-z:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:53:26 +0000   
   >> Mitchell Holman  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> That's a big *if* becuase, generally speaking, the private sector   
   >>>> is smarter than to get into bad deals like the USPS has gotten   
   >>>> into.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>     The private sector has the luxury of   
   >>> just sticking to the profitable routes   
   >>   
   >> Non sequitur - again!   
   >>   
   >> We all know WHERE they lose their money:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> https://apwu.org/usps-fairness-act   
   >>   
   >> For over a decade, the United States Postal Service has been plagued   
   >> with the onerous burden of prefunding its retiree health care benefits   
   >> as mandated by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) of   
   >> 2006. The mandate requires the Postal Service to prefund its retiree   
   >> health care benefits 75 years in advance, paying for retirement health   
   >> care for individuals who haven’t been born yet, let alone enter the   
   >> workforce.   
   >   
   >   
   >        Heaven forbid working Americans get   
   > a retirement. Presidents get a retirement,   
   > Congressmen get a retirement, military   
   > officers get a retirement, what is so wrong   
   > with postme getting a retirement?   
      
   Jealousy from someone who didn't work a job with one:   
   its the classical "crabs in a bucket" syndrome.   
      
      
   -hh   
      
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