{"id":8222,"date":"2014-08-13T15:32:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T20:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=8222"},"modified":"2014-08-13T15:32:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T20:32:17","slug":"video-the-beleaguered-check-book-of-the-u-s-postal-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2014\/08\/13\/video-the-beleaguered-check-book-of-the-u-s-postal-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: The beleaguered check book of the U.S. Postal Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite increasing volume &#8212; and charging consumers more money to send mail &#8212; the U.S. Postal Service lost $2 billion this Spring. The agency blamed higher employee pay, and higher costs for their benefits. David Williams, president of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, discussed that and other top tax topics with Capital Insider. 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