To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Help Save the U S Postal Service
Urge your elected officials to support H.R. 1351 which will keep the Postal service operating without dismantling the operational structure now in place. Underhanded attacks on the working class need to STOP ! Urge them to vote against the Issa/Ross H.R. 2309 Postal Reform Act.
Why is this important?
Rep Darrell Issa (R-CA) is attempting to introduce legislation which would dismantle the Postal Service and the collective bargaining agreement between labor & management. He states that the Postal Service is "bleeding money". Far from being a burden on the taxpayer, the USPS has, according to reports by the Inspector General and outside auditors, been overcharged by $50-75 BILLION for its employees pensions, thus subsidizing the Federal Treasury. In addition, in 2006, Congress and President Bush imposed an additional $5.5 billion annual tax on the USPS. The tax was supposedly to finance the health benefits of potential future postal retirees. The Postal Service is the ONLY organization, public-private-or government, required to make such a payment.