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Postal banking needed

| January 7, 2016 12:45 PM

In 2006, Congress required the Postal Service to fully pre-fund 75 years of retiree health care benefits in 10 years. No one else has this burden; I know of no private businesses that do this. Unsurprisingly, the Post Office has difficulty finding the required $5.5 billion a year.

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