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Joe Davidson reports from a hearing on the future of the Postal Service:
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.), chairman of the subcommittee on the federal workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia, noted that Postmaster General Jack Potter, who wasn't at the hearing, likes to point ...
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America’s Largest Retailer
Matthew Yglesias —
Ezra Klein notes that in terms of number of outlets it’s the United States Postal Service:
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.), chairman of the subcommittee on the federal workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia, noted that Postmaster General Jack Potter, who wasn’t at the hearing, likes to point out that the agency has more retail outlets than McDonald’s, Starbucks and Wal-Mart combined.
One approach you could take to the Postal Service’s problems, of course, would ...
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