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Unsolicited Mail Should Not be Funded by Taxpayers

There’s a lot that $63,000 can buy: a year’s worth of tuition, fees, and related expenses at Harvard; three years of healthcare costs for an average family of four; a brand new 2012 BMW Z4 Roadster with an automatic transmission and a turbocharged...

CAGW Staff August 24, 2012
Press

CCAGW Calls for Congress to Deliver on Postal Service

CCAGW Calls for Congress to Deliver on Postal Service

CAGW Staff July 20, 2012
The WasteWatcher

Congress and USPS: Rearranging the Deck Chairs

One does not need to be an accountant to recognize that the United States Postal Service (USPS), which lost $8.5 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2010, $5.1 billion in FY 2011, and is on pace to lose another $11 billion in FY 2012, is in dire straits....

CAGW Staff May 12, 2012
Press

CCAGW Denounces Senate for “Mailing in” USPS Bailout

CCAGW Denounces Senate for “Mailing in” USPS Bailout

CAGW Staff April 18, 2012
The WasteWatcher

Congressional Meddling in USPS Makes Bailout More Likely

Congress seems to have two legislative speeds: inertia in the face of an oncoming fiscal disaster, or ugly, last-minute scrambles to ram through sham legislation that often exacerbates already fraught situations.

Leslie Paige January 30, 2012
Press

CAGW: Taxpayers Go Trick-or-Treating

For Immediate Release

Curtis Kalin October 26, 2011
Press

CAGW REACTS TO USPS INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT

For Immediate Release

Curtis Kalin August 31, 2011
The WasteWatcher

USPS in Disarray

The problems facing the United States Postal Service (USPS) are legion. On May 11, 2011 five USPS supervisors from Michigan and Ohio were charged with taking bribes consisting of cash, cars, drinks, and lap dances. In return, the supervisors...

Sean Kennedy June 27, 2011
Press

CAGW OUTRAGED AT USPS’ LAVISH EXPENDITURES WHILE FISCAL OUTLOOK WORSENS

For Immediate Release

Curtis Kalin February 10, 2011
The WasteWatcher

USPS Wants To Branch Out

The holiday season is upon us; the time of year when the mailbox tends to begin filling up with gift catalogs and greeting cards from friends and family.  This is also the time of year when the United States Postal Service (USPS) has traditionally...

Leslie Paige October 31, 2009
The WasteWatcher

The USPS: Finally, Running Like A Real Private-Sector Business!

Unfortunately, U.S. Postmaster General John Potter has apparently decided that the business model he wants to emulate is that of beleaguered General Motors, whose Chief Executive Rick Wagoner took a 64 percent increase in his salary in 2007 while...

Leslie Paige January 31, 2009
Press

CAGW’s 2008 Pig Book Digs Up $17.2 Billion in Pork

For Immediate Release

Curtis Kalin April 1, 2008

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