TPA Submits Comments to Postal Regulatory Commission on Proposed Rate Increase

shenry2024-05-16T22:13:37+00:00The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA), representing millions of people from across the country, has previously commented to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on the dockets for the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) annual compliance report and on the PRC’s preparations for its report to Congress. In...

Coalition Letter Urges House to Oppose H.R. 5714

shenry2024-05-16T22:15:32+00:00To Members of the U.S. Congress: We, the undersigned organizations, representing millions of taxpayers and consumers nationwide, urge Congress to oppose H.R. 5714, the “Postal Service Reform Act of 2016” introduced by House Government Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, and the Committee’s Ranking Member Elijah Cummings.

Top Five Reasons for Reforming the U.S. Postal Service

shenry2024-05-16T22:25:18+00:00Over the last decade the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has found it increasingly difficult to keep its head above water financially, often posting annual losses in the billions. A steep decline of mail volume due to the rise of online communications has reduced USPS’s role...

Return to Sender: House Postal Reform Bill Gives Handouts to the USPS on the Backs of Consumers

shenry2024-05-16T22:24:21+00:00Washington, D.C. – House Government Oversight Committee Chairman, Jason Chaffetz and the committee’s Ranking Member, Elijah Cummings, introduced a congressional discussion draft for postal reform legislation last Wednesday. Following $56.8 billion in financial losses since 2007 and $125 billion in unfunded liabilities, the proposed legislation...

Townhall: Now the Post Office Wants to Be Your Bank

shenry2024-05-16T22:26:45+00:00The economically beleaguered United States Postal Service (USPS) is now considering expanding from its core mission of delivering mail to providing banking services. What is concerning about this is that the USPS, which has proven financially incapable of keeping its head above water (even with...

United States Postal Service Seeks To Continue Temporary Rate Hikes

shenry2024-05-16T22:31:07+00:00The financial welfare of the United States Postal Service (USPS) has been of particular concern for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) and other concerned taxpayer advocates. Financial instability, continued loss of focus on delivering the mail, and a lack of leadership and accountability are all...

Just in Time for the Holidays, More Financial Losses Reported from the U.S. Postal Service

shenry2024-05-16T22:28:45+00:00Washington - Today, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) released its financial results detailing a loss of $5.1 billion for the 2015 fiscal year. As a continuation of the Postal Service’s financial meltdown, this year marks its ninth consecutive year-end loss of more than a billion dollars.

U.S. Postal Service Needs Principled Leadership and Accountable Oversight

shenry2024-05-16T22:29:47+00:00With more than $52 billion in mounting financial debt since 2007, a number of services that fail to cover product costs and service standards in rapid decline, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is in trouble and the future of dependable mail delivery is in...

Troubled Postal Service Continues to Hemorrhage Money According to Latest Quarterly Report

shenry2024-05-16T22:27:43+00:00In a case of unsurprising déjà vu, the United States Postal Service (USPS) posted another quarterly loss. According to the 2015 third quarter financial report, USPS was $586 million in the red for the 3-month period ending on June 30.  This loss adds to the...