Medicare cannot afford a reckless USPS bailout

By Ross Marchand – August 8, 2017 Medicare’s breaking point is nigh, with the program’s trustees projecting that solvency will only last until 2029. For American adults that will be dependent on the program in twelve short years, the trustee’s grave prognosis is a cause for alarm. But, at a time when program expenses need…

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LETTER: US law that penalizes Postal Service should go

Leave the U.S. Postal Service alone This is in response to a letter dated Aug 15 and titled “Shut down USPS” and wondered that with a $2B loss in one quarter and nothing is being done. There is a reason for this loss. In 2006, an absurd law (PAEA) was passed ordering the USPS to set…

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