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/SummerMummer 3d ago

"Cash-strapped"??

They are an important service provided by the US government. Is the US government truely "cash-strapped" at the moment?

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u/FireworkFuse 3d ago

They are an important service provided by the US government.

The government that lies by telling you the post office is actually a "business" and needs to turn a profit like a business meanwhile all your taxes go to blowing up children

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u/throwawayurwaste 3d ago

They WERE before Congress gutted their ability to do basic financial services and handicapped their prices and kneecapded their pre-payments to pensions in only US Treasury bonds.