However, if the mailers were not on the verge of stopping the worksharing activity or of going to competitors, the Postal Service would maximize its financial position by giving a discount closer to the figure of 1.5 cents.
Depending on how things went with the mailers, the Postal Service could give a discount close to 1.5 cents.
For example, see Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States  Fiscal Year 2001, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget (February 2000), pp. 30-31.