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Post Office Is Drowning in a Sea of Red Ink

The Post Office’s troubling numbers.

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The U.S. Postal Service is having serious financial difficulties, and may be on its last legs. The Daily Beast rounds up the troubling data.

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Cumulative losses are projected (PDF)

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