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Stamp It Out Stamp prices are about to rise again. The U.S. Postal Service recently requested a 5.4 percent across-the-board jump in postage rates, so consumers can expect to be whacked with an increase in early 2006. It seems that even with ...
The Post Office’s Books Are a Black Hole Your excellent article, "A first-class crisis in the making," (April 11) made no mention of the fact that USPS has over $70 billion dollars in unfunded liabilities - mostly money promised to employees in...
Why Not Return to the Days of the Pony Express? "In a second or two it becomes a horse and rider, rising and falling, rising and falling - sweeping toward us nearer and nearer - growing more and more distinct, more and more sharply defined - nearer and still nearer...
The Military Helicopter Industrial Base The health of the defense industrial base (DIB) continues to be a concern for the Department of Defense and U.S. lawmakers. The end of the Cold War saw a major contraction in the size of the defense industrial . . .
Privatize This: The USPS Needs Urgent and Wide-Ranging Reform It's time to privatize the U.S. Postal Service. We no longer need a federal agency to deliver our junk mail. The facts are plain. Even with a locked-in monopoly, the USPS can’t make ends meet. Its accounting is so ...
Moving the Mail One hundred forty-five years ago, a young man named Johnnie Frye galloped out of St. Joseph carrying with him a copy of the Gazette, this newspaper's predecessor. It was the beginning of the Pony Express ...
A Deal So Good Only The Pentagon Could Turn It Down Only an organization in desperate straits would even think of turning down a business deal that would lower its costs and provide it additional resources. Yet, that is exactly what the Department of Defense . . .
Proposed Rate Increase Illustrates Why The Postal Service Should Be Privatized On Thursday, February 17, the U.S. Postal Service took the first step toward raising stamp prices when its Board of Governors directed management to file for an increase. First-class stamps have already gone up
The Army’s Organic Industrial Base: What is the Future for Depots and Arsenals? It may come as a surprise to many Americans that the U.S. Army owns — and in some cases operates — a number of industrial facilities employing nearly 20,000 people. Largely a legacy of World War II, this . . .
The Power of Sea Basing The U.S. response to the human tragedy along the Indian Ocean littorals provides the world with two important lessons. The first is the unparalleled generosity of the American people. The second is the . . .
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