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FAA Furlough Bill Passes House To Ease Air Travel DelaysLawmakers passed a bill Friday to ease air traffic delays before catching their own flights home for a week off, leaving unchanged other painful effects of the across-the-board spending cuts mandated by Congress' sequestration law.While the leg...

Standing in front of the magisterial brick-and-limestone George W. Bush Presidential Shrine Library and Museum on Thursday, Bill Clinton summed up the day with a knowing smile. "I told President Obama," he said, "that this was the latest, grandest example of the eternal struggle of former presidents...

Standing in front of the magisterial brick-and-limestone George W. Bush Presidential Shrine Library and Museum on Thursday, Bill Clinton summed up the day with a knowing smile. "I told President Obama," he said, "that this was the latest, grandest example of the eternal struggle of former presidents...

You totally miss the irony that it is illegal for Americans to help each other by delivering their neighbor's mail. I can't believe the stupidity that comes out of your mouth (fingers) sometimes. Maybe you live in Mayberry USA, but I spent most of my life in a large city (NYC) and I assure you th...

You totally miss the irony that it is illegal for Americans to help each other by delivering their neighbor's mail.I can't believe the stupidity that comes out of your mouth (fingers) sometimes.Maybe you live in Mayberry USA, but I spent most of my life in a large city (NYC) and I assure you that I ...

Bulls***. If worse came to worse, it would be delivered in bulk to an area, divided into large parcels, and neighbors would help each other out. Wow, it'd be really tough for me to drive half a mile, pick up my mail and that of my neighbors a few times a week, right? The idea that Americans can't ma...

It would actually be turning a profit right now if it was not required to pre-fund 75 years worth of health benefits in a ten year window, something which no other business or entity has ever been forced to do. The 2006 law was designed to bankrupt the USPS with the goal of privatizing it. No privat...

Agreed. Just fund it, since it is in fact the only government service specifically mandated in the Constitution.It would actually be turning a profit right now if it was not required to pre-fund 75 years worth of health benefits in a ten year window, something which no other business or entity has e...

There is absolutely no reason why the Postal Service is forced to prefund 75 years' worth of employee health benefits in a ten year window. Maybe because it was so appallingly fiscally irresponsible and didn't budget for retirement costs before? Because postal employees expected to go to Congress ...

There is absolutely no reason why the Postal Service is forced to prefund 75 years' worth of employee health benefits in a ten year window. Or why they are banned from generating more revenue by being able to offer new products and services. The 2006 bill was designed for no other reason than to put...