<story><title>U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They Were Ignored</title><url>https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/u-s-postal-workers-were-on-the-front-lines-before-they-were-ignored/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>m0zg</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t get why it has to lose money at all in the first place. Sounds to me like they&amp;#x27;re offering a unique, highly in-demand service, in a market that is currently booming. Perhaps they should consider reworking their pricing structure? Just a thought.</text></item><item><author>learc83</author><text>There was a bipartisan plan to include 30 billion in funding for the Post Office in the 2 trillion dollar stimulus bill.&lt;p&gt;But the administration said they wouldn&amp;#x27;t sign anything that included emergency funding for the USPS. That doesn&amp;#x27;t prove what the administration&amp;#x27;s motives are, but they certainly seem hostile towards the USPS.</text></item><item><author>TechBro8615</author><text>Nobody in power has suggested this as a possibility. It’s fearmongering by the democratic media.</text></item><item><author>cjsawyer</author><text>Unrelated to this specific article: The USPS is a crucial part of the US infrastructure. The thought that we could loose it over mail in ballot voting is a sick joke.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>battery_cowboy</author><text>The reason is because in 2006, a law was passed that required the USPS to fully fund 75 years worth of expected retirement compensation. That&amp;#x27;s not reasonable, and was designed to destroy the service so it could be privatized.</text></comment>
<story><title>U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They Were Ignored</title><url>https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/u-s-postal-workers-were-on-the-front-lines-before-they-were-ignored/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>m0zg</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t get why it has to lose money at all in the first place. Sounds to me like they&amp;#x27;re offering a unique, highly in-demand service, in a market that is currently booming. Perhaps they should consider reworking their pricing structure? Just a thought.</text></item><item><author>learc83</author><text>There was a bipartisan plan to include 30 billion in funding for the Post Office in the 2 trillion dollar stimulus bill.&lt;p&gt;But the administration said they wouldn&amp;#x27;t sign anything that included emergency funding for the USPS. That doesn&amp;#x27;t prove what the administration&amp;#x27;s motives are, but they certainly seem hostile towards the USPS.</text></item><item><author>TechBro8615</author><text>Nobody in power has suggested this as a possibility. It’s fearmongering by the democratic media.</text></item><item><author>cjsawyer</author><text>Unrelated to this specific article: The USPS is a crucial part of the US infrastructure. The thought that we could loose it over mail in ballot voting is a sick joke.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>artimaeis</author><text>The USPS does not have domain over the pricing structure of its most popular commodity: first class mail. That is regulated to the Postal Regulatory Commission. As for other services offered they do maintain control, which is why priority delivery starts at $7.15. They&amp;#x27;re also mandated to provide door-to-door delivery with first class mail, so effectively every piece of rural mail costs them money, but they can&amp;#x27;t do anything about it.</text></comment>