XPost: or.politics, alt.politics.trump, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: bn@wy.no   
      
   On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 02:49:25 +0000   
   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.    
      
   75 years in advance?   
      
   Who else does that?   
      
   > Presidents get a retirement,   
   > Congressmen get a retirement, military    
   > officers get a retirement, what is so wrong    
   > with postme getting a retirement?   
      
   The fact that it's killing their revenue stream off 75 years in the   
   future.   
      
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