XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: jclarkeusenet@cox.net   
      
   In article <52d9b034$0$52787$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, dtravel@sonic.net   
   says...   
   >   
   > On 1/17/2014 12:43 PM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:   
   > >   
   > >      Not to argue for the pod concept, but the USPS is ONLY going broke   
   > > because of a ludicrous requirement to fund retirement AHEAD of time...   
   > > for SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS. No other private OR government organization's   
   > > had to do that.   
   > >   
   > Also not helped by Congress vetoing every proposal to balance the USPS'   
   > budget.   
   >   
   > But I'm not sure I view pre-funding the retirement account as a bad idea   
   > given how many retirement funds have been looted to pay for executive's   
   > pay raises, business expansion, hostile takeovers, etc., leaving nothing   
   > to actually pay the retired with.  Maybe the level of pre-funding needs   
   > to be reviewed but I don't think the concept does.   
      
   In any case there is clearly not the money there to do 144 deliveries a   
   day to each address, as is being proposed with the "pod" concept.   
      
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