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D. Spaulding

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6. Post office is facing some big financial headwinds

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 05:53 PM

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I think I read they lost 9 billion last year. That Amazon reduction would have hurt, as their first class mail has been dwindling for the last several years. I retired from the USPS a couple of years ago.

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