The amount they are recording on their P&L for retiree healthcare costs (which, again, they aren’t paying out in cash) — $4.564 billion — is only moderately more ($800 – $900 million, depending on rounding) than the amount that they would be paying out directly for pay-as-you-go benefits had the PAEA never been implemented. The Postal Service is a unique agency. Five years ago, during the Bush administration, the Postal Service handled the largest volume of mail ever seen in its 236-year history. Our paths might have crossed. A registered nurse in Nashville, Tenn., developed Bell’s Palsy after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. It’s because of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, which Congress passed in 2006. During the lead-up to Hurricane Georges we had a local forecaster darn near had a total meltdown on the air, you could feel the projected panic with the TV off. The PO would pick them up but there was no guarantee that they’d arrive on time or together though we’d scrupulously follow the PO’s schedules and they’d be picked up at the same time. But it dealt with retiree health benefits, not pensions, said David Partenheimer, a spokesman for the Postal Service. It reorganized the Postal Rate Commission, compelled the USPS to pay in advance for the health and retirement benefits of all of its employees for at least 50 years, and stipulated that the price of postage could not increase faster than the rate of inflation. The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says "hydroxychloroquine is okay" for COVID-19. Re: The Fischer Projects. Despite that, I would be interested to see the data upon which your opinion is based. If you follow social media, you will probably have seen the claims that the postal service is in trouble because of unfair mandates placed upon them by Republicans in 2006 when the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act was passed. How do? There’s also some confusion over whether the Postal Service was forced to prepay benefits "for 75 years," as the Facebook post said. I didn’t wonder who everyone else was voting for because we were united in that moment, a group of citizens, deciding who would become our next president. I guess that there was a real vote in Congress because 20 Republicans voted against it. We are doing well, just set up homestead to have battery backup, if grid goes down (phase #1l Then there is the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 (PAEA), which some have taken to calling " the most insane law " ever passed by Congress. After all, we got through Rita in 2005 a month later after Katrina. That would have been an interesting scenario as BR, at one rime or another over the last few years, has been the most HIV and COVID infected city in the US and the state’s evac plans might have created some interesting responses. "We now estimate that the COVID-19 pandemic will increase the Postal Service’s net operating loss by more than $22 billion dollars over the next 18 months, and by over $54 billion dollars over the longer term," Brennan said. “Democrats forced our GREAT troops to sleep on the ground of a PARKING garage after dragging them to DC for photo ops!". I imagine many, many of the people are on Twitter declaring their patriotic love of country, and how they would fight to the death against a tyrannical enemy, but somehow they could not get off their ass and vote. Yep, I bet right beside that big old SS account. Unlike other employers, though, the USPS is required by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) of 2006 to pre-fund retiree health costs out of current income. In a more quiet way, there are some of us going to be adding input. Many route inspectors (other postmasters) told her, “When these three carriers retire you’re gonna play hell replacing them. As a young kid in New Orleans, when we got out to see the damage from H. Betsy…whose eye passed directly over us…and as a kid, I learned that the second half would be worse than the first. Good added information. The act was passed by a Republican-led Congress. Originally in Inequality.org In 2006, Congress passed a law that imposed extraordinary costs on the U.S. The myth-makers use the term “Republican-led Congress” to insinuate that it was only Republicans who supported the Act. Section centers would machine-sort mail in numerical address order in trays. Costs, on the other hand, haven’t gone down. The truth is, it’s one of the most insane laws Congress ever enacted. Kinda like the men of the tribe of Issachar. But it also has to follow rules set by Congress that result in higher costs — notably, it’s expected to deliver mail daily and keep postage rates flat for all parts of the country. Keep that in mind next time you see a sign that says you are “REQUIRED” to wear a mask. FACT #4: ALL companies are required to fund any pension promises they make to their employees. Now, talking about the West Bank…I hated it. The Post Office handles 400 million items per day on average. The Postal Service began defaulting on its payments in 2012. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 was by far the worst legislation and has slowly put a strangle hold on the US Postal Service. The legislation was passed by voice vote—without objection. 20036, Florida That is an asterick in several journals about the 3 worst hurricanes to hit the US mainland. Many times he couldn’t get out of the post office on time because clerks “lolly-gagged” distributing mail; most of the time postmaster never took them to task. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. I knew my vote counted. Everything the democrats do is manufactured. In 2012, the Government Accountability Office said the act "did not require USPS to prefund 75 years of retiree health benefits over a 10-year period" but that the "payments would be projected to fund the liability over a period in excess of 50 years, from 2007 through 2056 and beyond. That probably went over the heads of the majority but locals knew what that meant. Last postmaster he worked under (now deceased) used to sit on the sorting table, swinging her legs/eating Cheetos with a stop-watch around 4 p.m. As each carrier came in, she would beller out, “You’re three minutes late! That continues to be the case today. Easy to understand and clear explanations of the bipartisan support of the Accountability and Enhancement Act. The Big Boss was too cheap to buy new as he’d have to buy some new equipment too. POSTAL SERVICE Status, Financial Outlook, and Alternative Approaches to Fund Retiree Health Benefits," December 2012, CNBC, "The Truth About The Post Office's Financial Mess," Oct. 24, 2011, U.S. If these old trucks are catching fire with such frequency, why is the USPS still using them? "The debate over a post office bailout, explained,", "White House rejects bailout for U.S. Almost all news tells us that the culprit behind the trouble USPS is experiencing is lower mail volume, but mostly the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 (PDF) that requires USPS to pay huge sums of cash into the U.S. Treasury to … Postal Service. The 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act required the Postal Service to pre-fund future retiree health benefits, not pensions. They could up in the NE quadrant of Laura…tho by the time it gets up 100 miles from the coast, I think they’ll be fine. I know the Sabine River and area well. So he would have been the one of our family you might have run into as competition. Neither of these storms look as if they’ll do more to the city than a glancing blow and it’s a good practice session for a real one. Little off topic, but praying for all of you in the Gulf Coast area. “Tightening the belt” always meant chipping away at the carrier numbers, while postmasters continued to get annual bloated salaries. The law put a financial strain on the service, which has defaulted on some of the statutorily prescribed payments. Most Americans have never heard of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006. Mail volumes have declined and sales are "plummeting," Postmaster General Megan Brennan said in a recent statement. Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act: Senate passed H.R. FACT #2:  201 Democrats in the House voted for the bill, along with the 208 Republicans. Changed your moniker, almost didn’t recognise you! Postal Service: Background and Issues for Congress," Aug. 25, 2016, Congressional Research Service, "U.S. Postal Service, "Statement of Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer Megan J. Brennan before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform United States House of Representatives," April 30, 2019, The Department of Treasury, "United States Postal Service: A Sustainable Path Forward," Dec. 4, 2018, Factcheck.org, "Trump’s Amazon Attack," April 5, 2018, Congressional Research Service, "Reforming the U.S. You got it, and estimate the parameters correctly. "It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does. Postal Service, April 13, 2020, Email interview with Kalina Newman, press secretary, AFL-CIO, April 13, 2020, Phone interview with Jim Campbell, an attorney and expert on the U.S. The reasoning is, according to many accounts, that: The postal accountability act requires the USPS to… My husband was one of three seasoned carriers who rarely got overtime unless it was due to a vacancy in the craft or horrifically bad midwestern weather. The Big Boss was furious, that took ‘workload’ away from the graphics, that must STOP! (AP/Sancya). ), He’s got it! However, even here, again, all companies which promise retiree medical benefits must account for them in their financial reporting even if they don’t prefund. Meanwhile, many towns were short at least one or two carriers. I decided to take the books from the sections, scanned them into my system and the only time I’d have to send anything down was if there were changes and they’d only have to send me the change pages to scan and replace. In the 2006 election cycle, the postal unions gave 4X more $ to Democrats. of Letter Carriers, Nat. It all boils down to “TOO MANY CHIEFS, NOT ENOUGH INDIANS”! “Aye” and “Yea” mean the same thing, and so do “No” and “Nay”. However, many many days those trays were jam-packed with out-of-sequence addresses or outdated addresses. As a retired Army tank commander and fire chief for Sundown Volunteer Fire Dept in the Leesville area, his estimation is that they are going to be okay, but ready for any changes. But as Oliver pointed out, much of that debt was due to the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA). It's meant to be self-sustaining, paying for itself from the money it makes off postage and other daily mail services. COVID-19 has worsened that position further in recent weeks. Anyway, I glad NO will not be terribly affected. 5.Self-interest and investments. Should Congress have been more flexible when the USPS first started running into trouble with the Great Recession and the shift from snail to e-mail, rather than its miserly one year’s funding relief in 2009? Facts matter, but not to those whose aim It is to ignore what brought us to this point, and manipulate minds. Postal Service stimulus needs," April 10, 2020, U.S. The different divisions that did training compiled their manuals into a master and they’d bring it down, sending it thru graphics, for me to scan in and print. Marco petered out…kinda reminds me of a Senator, Marco Rubio, who basically petered out. Lastly, delivering what Amazon/UPS don’t want to is another factor. We won’t weigh in on whether the law was "meant to bankrupt" the Postal Service. FACT #5: Yes, the 10-year contributions specified in the 2006 law were especially high because they aimed to “jump start” the fund — and because the amounts were meant to match anticipated savings from reduced pension contributions. My system was the latest Windows and their graphics system was some uncomplimentary OS left over from the mid-80s. It’s quiet demoralizing at time. Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits and Pension Funding Issues,", "U.S. . One study said the Postal Service could be charging more, however. 101) Amends federal law provisions concerning the Postal Service to add definitions, including the terms postal service, competitive product, market-dominant product, and rates. Private companies that do pre-fund their future retirees’ health benefits don’t usually cover 100% of those costs in advance, a 2015 CRS report said. One of the most perniscious effects of the Republicons in Congress, is how it demoralises a % of the population. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/109-2005/h430. Was cheaper too. And you understand, I’m not talking about stupid stuff, just some good common sense and as the military taught us, situational awareness. AN ACT To reform the postal laws of the United States. I walked out smiling with head high, an adult, a citizen with a voice in our government. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 significantly changed how the U.S. Serious question. Still, no other federal agency faces a similar pre-funding mandate, O’Rourke said. According to the newest hurricane plots it sucks to be in Baton Rouge! (because those 5 points defines Democrats). Washington, DC The rise of the internet tanked the volume of first-class mail in circulation, which peaked in 2001 and has dropped every year since. Postal Service Reports Fiscal Year 2019 Results," Nov. 14, 2019, Institute for Policy Studies, "How Congress Manufactured a Postal Crisis — And How to Fix it," July 25, 2019, The American Postal Workers Union on Facebook, July 23, 2019, U.S. Says Joe Biden is on video "admitting to" election fraud in a "confession. FACT #3:  The PAEA contributions have no bearing on cash flow because the USPS is not making those contributions. Did they refuse to do so because they wanted to force privatization? The progressive Institute for Policy Studies wrote that "if the costs of this retiree health care mandate were removed from the USPS financial statements," the Postal Service would’ve reported operating profits from 2013 through 2018. They take out the most mail, using the least overtime in the state!” Biggest surprise was finding out that this woman got a HUGE BONUS ($5,000+) based on the work her carriers performed. When my sons voted for the first time, I told them ‘Today, you became an adult.”. ( Log Out /  News later carried the video of a smiling Jackie pushing the big red button to blow up the hi-rise. James O’Rourke, a teaching professor of management at the University of Notre Dame, said the Facebook post is "more-or-less correct" about the 2006 law. Pingback: Facts & Myths about the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (2006) | The Last Refuge. This was meant to bankrupt it so it’s business could be privatized for profit. This disgust me. They obviously have a very low opinion of the citisenry, and our intelligence. Still, as we noted in 2011, the Postal Service’s problems are greater than the retirement rules. Its hard to be enthused about your team, when you realise they are the Blacksocks, “throwing” the game. I’m sure there was other wasteful spending. 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