The Hill News

The public debate over taxes, government spending and services that is dominating headlines has eclipsed the financial emergency facing the Postal Service â€" which, ironically, gets no taxpayer funding yet serves every American household and business daily.

Until recently, debate over the Postal Service’s fiscal problems â€" which Congress caused and can readily fix â€" has been limited to a small circle. Now, however, one prominent GOP presidential hopeful has proscribed a radical change to the nation’s postal system, the largest, most efficient, least expensive, and most trusted mail service in the world.  

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