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bucolic_frolic

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26. Surprised TPTB haven't decided structuring is involved.

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:00 AM

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Using the internet to pay bills is structuring payments to deprive USPS of income from stamps.

Slowing down to obey the speed limit is structuring your driving to avoid speeding tickets.

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USPS to suspend pension contributions, seeks 4-cent stamp price hike [View all] BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago OP

$4.25 gasoline doesn't help . James48 22 hrs ago #1

Especially since Trump Old Crank 16 hrs ago #15

The USPS is required to pre-fund employees retirement.. summer_in_TX 14 hrs ago #17

That ended 4 years ago when the Postal Service Reform Act was passed MichMan 7 hrs ago #30

It's being systematically destroyed in preparation for privatization or elimination. CousinIT 22 hrs ago #2

Explain how it was defunded when it doesn't get any taxpayer subsidies? MichMan 16 hrs ago #11

Government not paying for a constitutional requirement Old Crank 16 hrs ago #14

You are correct; going all the way back to 1970 MichMan 15 hrs ago #16

1970. quakerboy 7 hrs ago #28

Enough with the nickel and diming every year TexasBushwhacker 22 hrs ago #3

more or less quakerboy 7 hrs ago #29

I get 3 letters a week and have Amazon PKG deliver once a week. Jacson6 21 hrs ago #4

"The Internet has replaced the mail delivery service for most correspondence. IMHO." BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago #6

Interestingly, in our rural area, Starlink is the only satellite service we could get. Dixiegrrrl 19 hrs ago #9

Postal carriers would be part time and only work one day a week? MichMan 8 hrs ago #23

STOP delivering mail on Saturdays and save billions Bengus81 21 hrs ago #5

Or just fund the USPS properly, and get rid of the trump appointees running it into the ground quakerboy 8 hrs ago #21

It was reckless for congress to stop funding it in 1970 MichMan 7 hrs ago #24

When I was a child the stamps were four cents. twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #7

All under the expert hand of DeJoy! He has financial interests in privatization of the USPS dontcha know! n/t PatrickforB 19 hrs ago #8

He left last year but the damage is done. BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago #10

DeJoy resigned a year ago n/t MichMan 16 hrs ago #12

But the damage he did remains. I do stand corrected, but the USPS is still having DeJoy issues. n/t PatrickforB 16 hrs ago #13

It wasn't just him it was the Republican as a whole as they've been conspiring for decades to kill the USPS. cstanleytech 13 hrs ago #20

Well before DeJoy was appointed, the requirement summer_in_TX 14 hrs ago #18

Thankfully, they pre-fund bullshit was finally repealed BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #25

Frankly I think a national gas and diesel tax specifically for funding the postal service only is needed. cstanleytech 13 hrs ago #19

Time to stock up on Forever stamps again Maeve 8 hrs ago #22

Surprised TPTB haven't decided structuring is involved. bucolic_frolic 7 hrs ago #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Dyedinthewoolliberal 7 hrs ago #27

Umm... OldBaldy1701E 6 hrs ago #31

It may have been bad, but passed with overwhelming support by voice vote in the house & unanimous consent in the senate MichMan 6 hrs ago #32

Congress has made other mistakes that they were all in on before. OldBaldy1701E 6 hrs ago #33

"It is a shame that they don't see the need to fix this one." BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #36

You're right, it wasn't just a GOP idea and now it's been repealed, and yet D. Spaulding 6 hrs ago #35

I retired from USPS two years ago; I don't think there's anyway the USPS is D. Spaulding 6 hrs ago #34