Courier, Express, and Postal Observer: In the decade that the long-term financial problems of the Postal Service have been discussed openly, Post Office naming bills have become a focus of Congress. In each of the past five Congresses over 15% of all bills passed and signed into law named a Post Office. If Congress expected that the naming a Post Office would provide a long-lasting memorial, the financial problems of the Postal Service risks making the memorial an ephemeral one at best. It is too bad that Congress does not understand the irony in its rush to name Post Offices to honor heroes when it has not taken steps to ensure the survival of the institution whose facilities are used to provide the memorial. Read more!
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