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Old 02-18-2012, 01:11 AM  
TampaToker
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Originally Posted by The Ghost View Post
What happened? Wasn't the USPS operating at a profit a few years ago?
In 2006 Congress passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. In that law they required the USPS to prefund it's retiree health care benefits for the next 50 years. That fund comes out to $75 billion dollars to be funded in a 10 year span.
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