"To be sure, the Postal Service is allowed to increase rates beyond inflation when an "exigency" occurs," says the Le Mars Daily Sentinel. "It argues to the Regulatory Commission that recession+Internet competition equal exigency. But when the law was written, USPS had just suffered an attack of anthrax in the mail, which could have shut down the entire system. That is the sort of "exigency" that Congress had in mind, not an inability to control the cost of service. Newspapers and many other employers in our communities have had to cut wages, benefits and hours of employees during this recession. These are painful and harsh. But the Postal Service has done no layoffs. It has passed along wage increases during the recession. It must get serious about controlling its costs." Read more here.
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