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...Over the last five years the Postal Service," you wrote, "has been a classic illustration of wasteful, imprudent and inefficient management...
...must recognize," you concluded, "that the Postal Service represents an essential public service for many people in our country. The ability to communicate through the mails must not only be sustained, but also improved. This I pledge...
...know, this bill would increase public accountability for postal decision-making and guarantee that a reasonable level of postal service will be maintained. Both of these goals are strongly supported by a large majority of the Congress, and indeed, of the public...
Strong examples are the overwhelming vote of 399-14 in 1976 on a resolution which supported a moratorium on postal rate increases, service cuts, and post office closings, and the vote of 377-9 last year on a resolution opposing the cessation of Saturday deliveries...
Further, it is important to keep public service costs in a proper perspective. The Postal Service provides a vital service to all the public and to our nation's commercial institutions. Recent modifications to the Social Security law alone will lead to over $227 billion in additional taxes over the next ten years, and total taxes for that system will be almost $1.9 trillion for the same period. In other words, the H.R. 7700 appropriation, if it were continued at the projected Fiscal Year 1980 rate for ten years, would total only about 8% of the new tax increases...