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ubernostrum on Aug 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The U.S. Postal Service Nears Collapse

They should be subject to the same standards as other companies. If they aren't, that's unreasonable.

_d8fd on Aug 14, 2011 [–]

As a business owner concerned about cash flow, I can tell you that paying for anything in advance is always a pain. Reasonable or not, setting aside enough cash to fund the retirement needs of all their workers for 75 years and generating that cash from revenue sounds like a huge pain.

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