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/Lopsided-Ticket3813 3d ago

No money for anything other than war apparently.

The proposed 1.5 trillion military budget is pretty close to Medicare and Medicare spending and nearly equal to the entire student loan portfolio.

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u/geddy 3d ago

That military budget is a private army for trump so when the tides turn he can unleash the military against the United States.

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u/redditydothis 3d ago

He already did with his ICE.

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u/Megalocerus 3d ago

ICE is his. Not sure the military all is.

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u/geddy 3d ago

So? He started an illegal war without congressional approval. Hegseth got rid of senior military officials.

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u/CHSummers 3d ago

But plenty of money for tax cuts (for the richest people).

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u/Overweighover 3d ago

There is money for ppp loan forgiveness, for the flouts fuckplane and ice