National Day of Action April 17th (TAX DAY)

OCCUPY the POST OFFICE!

NO TAXES NEEDED to Save Americas

Postal Service!
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May 15th approaches, the deadline for Congress to act before the Postmaster General begins a massive wave of distribution plant and community post office closures. These closures will cause huge disruptions to mail service, eliminating the overnight first class delivery standard, delaying delivery two or three days, and forcing hundreds of thousands of postal patrons to travel many miles to the nearest post office. Think about the frail who depend on timely delivery of prescription drugs, the farmer who depends on delivery of perishable products, the elderly who depend on a Social Security check, the homeowner who depends on timely delivery of a mortgage payment, the consumer who depends on delivery of a credit card payment, the business that depends on timely delivery of advertising, the medical facility that depends on lab samples through the mail, the community newspaper that depends on timely delivery of the news. The Postal Service is our national treasure, enshrined in the Constitution. The operations of the USPS are funded solely by postage and no tax dollars. The Postal Service serves over 150

million households and businesses six days a week and provides equal universal mail services for all the people at reasonable uniform rates. Good postal jobs help build strong communities. Current plans to close half the distribution plants and thousands of post offices, eliminate six-day and door-to-door delivery, and abolish 200,000 jobs will send the public postal service into a death spiral. To justify these cutbacks, Congress has created a phony financial crisis. Since 2006 the USPS has been forced to spend nearly 10% of its budget pre-funding retiree health benefits 75 years in advance. No other U.S. agency or private business faces such a crushing financial burden. The postal service is not broke. Without this unjust Congressional requirement, the USPS would have been profitable. What can we do? Sign petitions, join rallies and protests to Save Americas Postal Service. Show up to hearings and town halls to oppose post office and plant closings. Involve our neighborhood, fraternal and faith based organizations in the fight to save the service. Ask your Congress persons to co-sponsor HR 3591 and S 1853 which will fix postal finances and protect the service.
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