Postal Needs Falling On Deaf Ears?
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe seems past his boiling point as he rehashes crucial issues connected to the uncertain financial status of the U.S. Postal Service and its questionable viability in the future. In a recent interview in The Washington Post, Donahoe referred to the annual $5.5 billion obligation to prefund retirement costs for postal workers as a “$5.5 billion millstone” — and one “that has killed us financially.”
Given the ongoing talk of five-day mail delivery, consolidation of postal and mail processing facilities, and a proposal for a new healthcare plan for USPS employees, Donahoe needs help in the form of congressional discussions and subsequent approvals of various items. Donahoe gives the impression of someone screaming at the wind, banging his head against a wall, and getting nowhere.
