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The Post Office Pension ponzi Scheme

THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC created all sorts of new problems for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), but the most serious financial issue the agency faces was a crisis long before anyone had heard of COVID-19—and it won’t be solved with a vaccine.

Like many other government entities, the USPS has overpromised and undersaved for its employees’ retirements. The pension system

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