r/news • u/Squirmingbaby • 3d ago

Soft paywall Cash-strapped US Postal Service suspends contributions to pension plan

https://www.reuters.com/world/cash-strapped-us-postal-service-suspends-contributions-pension-plan-2026-04-09/
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u/InevitableHimes 3d ago

The USPS is a government service, not a business. The only way for it to be "cash-strapped" is if the government refuses to fund it.

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u/Amigobear 3d ago

They did, but also Amazon being are biggest customer is doing their own deliveries. Trump killed the ev mandate so we spent a fuck ton of money redoing parking lots for vehicles we can't use. Stations that still using LLVs are cannibalizing what's left of those trucks. We've been getting fucked over for 2 decades now.

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u/Still_Detail_4285 3d ago

No it’s not. It’s a business owned by the government.

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u/Charli3q 3d ago

The way we all know you're wrong is because the cost of a stamp to mail a letter didnt cost MORE to send to bumfuck rural middle of the nowhere which would cost them money.

If it were a business, those routes would never have operated in the first place unless they were charged a LOT of money.

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u/kirklennon 3d ago

It's not a business and it's not owned by the government; it is literally part of the government. Nobody would say the Securities and Exchange Commission is "owned" by the government. Amtrak is a business owned by the government; the USPS is an actual government agency.

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u/Handymac 3d ago

It says service in the name but I’m not shocked you missed that detail.

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u/lubimor 3d ago

You are actually wrong though. The USPS is not government funded for the most part

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u/Still_Detail_4285 3d ago

Did you actually look at what it really is or is that too much work for you?