Reid cites seniors' love of junk mail to argue for passage of postal reform bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) cited seniors' love of junk mail in urging passage of a United States Postal Service reform bill.
In his opening speech on Wednesday, Reid called on the Senate to quickly move forward on the passage of S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act, which restructures pension plans for Postal Service employees as well as allows the USPS to access overpayments in the Federal Employee Retirement System.
"Madam President," Reid said to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), the presiding officer of the Senate, "I'll come home tonight here to my home in Washington and there'll be some mail there. A lot of it is what some people refer to as junk mail, but for the people who are sending that mail, it's very important.
"And when talking about seniors, seniors love getting junk mail. It's sometimes their only way of communicating or feeling like they're part of the real world," Reid continued. "Elderly Americans, more than anyone in America, rely on the United States Postal Service, but unless we act quickly, thousands of post offices ... will close. I've said this earlier today; I repeat it."
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-acti...-of-junk-mail-to-argue-for-postal-reform-bill
The bill would include some minor reforms, but includes a $41 billion bailout and represents a huge missed opportunity to reform the United States Postal Service (USPS).
Instead of taking the suggestions of USPS, who wanted to end Saturday delivery and allow the workforce to be trimmed by 220,000 employees, S.1789 continues to mandate Saturday delivery for two years and forces the USPS to follow lengthy procedures in order to close processing facilities.
S. 1789 lowers the amount the USPS must contribute towards the current unfunded liability of its future retirees’ health benefits (that must otherwise be paid by taxpayers) and transfers “surplus” retirement contributions back to the USPS that may only be temporary and highly dependent on long-term economic assumptions. The total amount of debt relief provided to the USPS by S. 1789 compared with current law is $41 billion.
Dementia is strong in this one…..
Talk to any senior and they all hate the junk mail that comes in the mail.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) cited seniors' love of junk mail in urging passage of a United States Postal Service reform bill.
In his opening speech on Wednesday, Reid called on the Senate to quickly move forward on the passage of S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act, which restructures pension plans for Postal Service employees as well as allows the USPS to access overpayments in the Federal Employee Retirement System.
"Madam President," Reid said to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), the presiding officer of the Senate, "I'll come home tonight here to my home in Washington and there'll be some mail there. A lot of it is what some people refer to as junk mail, but for the people who are sending that mail, it's very important.
"And when talking about seniors, seniors love getting junk mail. It's sometimes their only way of communicating or feeling like they're part of the real world," Reid continued. "Elderly Americans, more than anyone in America, rely on the United States Postal Service, but unless we act quickly, thousands of post offices ... will close. I've said this earlier today; I repeat it."
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-acti...-of-junk-mail-to-argue-for-postal-reform-bill
The bill would include some minor reforms, but includes a $41 billion bailout and represents a huge missed opportunity to reform the United States Postal Service (USPS).
Instead of taking the suggestions of USPS, who wanted to end Saturday delivery and allow the workforce to be trimmed by 220,000 employees, S.1789 continues to mandate Saturday delivery for two years and forces the USPS to follow lengthy procedures in order to close processing facilities.
S. 1789 lowers the amount the USPS must contribute towards the current unfunded liability of its future retirees’ health benefits (that must otherwise be paid by taxpayers) and transfers “surplus” retirement contributions back to the USPS that may only be temporary and highly dependent on long-term economic assumptions. The total amount of debt relief provided to the USPS by S. 1789 compared with current law is $41 billion.
Dementia is strong in this one…..
Talk to any senior and they all hate the junk mail that comes in the mail.
