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bucolic_frolic

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26. Surprised TPTB haven't decided structuring is involved.

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:00 AM

11 hrs ago

Using the internet to pay bills is structuring payments to deprive USPS of income from stamps.

Slowing down to obey the speed limit is structuring your driving to avoid speeding tickets.

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USPS to suspend pension contributions, seeks 4-cent stamp price hike [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

$4.25 gasoline doesn't help . James48 Yesterday #1

Especially since Trump Old Crank 20 hrs ago #15

The USPS is required to pre-fund employees retirement.. summer_in_TX 18 hrs ago #17

That ended 4 years ago when the Postal Service Reform Act was passed MichMan 10 hrs ago #30

It's being systematically destroyed in preparation for privatization or elimination. CousinIT Yesterday #2

Explain how it was defunded when it doesn't get any taxpayer subsidies? MichMan 20 hrs ago #11

Government not paying for a constitutional requirement Old Crank 20 hrs ago #14

You are correct; going all the way back to 1970 MichMan 19 hrs ago #16

1970. quakerboy 11 hrs ago #28

Enough with the nickel and diming every year TexasBushwhacker Yesterday #3

more or less quakerboy 10 hrs ago #29

I get 3 letters a week and have Amazon PKG deliver once a week. Jacson6 Yesterday #4

"The Internet has replaced the mail delivery service for most correspondence. IMHO." BumRushDaShow Yesterday #6

Interestingly, in our rural area, Starlink is the only satellite service we could get. Dixiegrrrl 23 hrs ago #9

Postal carriers would be part time and only work one day a week? MichMan 11 hrs ago #23

STOP delivering mail on Saturdays and save billions Bengus81 Yesterday #5

Or just fund the USPS properly, and get rid of the trump appointees running it into the ground quakerboy 12 hrs ago #21

It was reckless for congress to stop funding it in 1970 MichMan 11 hrs ago #24

When I was a child the stamps were four cents. twodogsbarking 23 hrs ago #7

All under the expert hand of DeJoy! He has financial interests in privatization of the USPS dontcha know! n/t PatrickforB 23 hrs ago #8

He left last year but the damage is done. BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #10

DeJoy resigned a year ago n/t MichMan 20 hrs ago #12

But the damage he did remains. I do stand corrected, but the USPS is still having DeJoy issues. n/t PatrickforB 20 hrs ago #13

It wasn't just him it was the Republican as a whole as they've been conspiring for decades to kill the USPS. cstanleytech 16 hrs ago #20

Well before DeJoy was appointed, the requirement summer_in_TX 18 hrs ago #18

Thankfully, they pre-fund bullshit was finally repealed BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #25

Frankly I think a national gas and diesel tax specifically for funding the postal service only is needed. cstanleytech 17 hrs ago #19

Time to stock up on Forever stamps again Maeve 11 hrs ago #22

Surprised TPTB haven't decided structuring is involved. bucolic_frolic 11 hrs ago #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Dyedinthewoolliberal 11 hrs ago #27

Umm... OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #31

It may have been bad, but passed with overwhelming support by voice vote in the house & unanimous consent in the senate MichMan 10 hrs ago #32

Congress has made other mistakes that they were all in on before. OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #33

"It is a shame that they don't see the need to fix this one." BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #36

You're right, it wasn't just a GOP idea and now it's been repealed, and yet D. Spaulding 9 hrs ago #35

I retired from USPS two years ago; I don't think there's anyway the USPS is D. Spaulding 9 hrs ago #34