On 2/20/2012 2:48 PM, PrecisionmachinisT wrote:
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"In 2006, Congress passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement
Act. ...

That's part but not all. If the RHBF payment schedule in the PAEA
hadn't been implemented at all, it would have simply been kicking the
can down the road (similar to the bind SS is going to be in shortly).

Whether it was too aggressive can be argued...about the best overall
analysis I've seen is in a Congressional Research Report R41024

http://www.crs.gov/R41024.pdf

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