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... government-mandated [Postal Service] payments to pre-fund health care benefits for postal retirees -- 75 years into the future.... Private-sector companies -- and even most other branches of the federal government, like, say, the Army -- aren't required to fund their health benefits so far in advance....
... Despite the Postal Service's debt, its retiree benefit coffers are beyond full. Its pension funds are more than 100% funded, compared with 42% for all federal pension funds and 80% for the average Fortune 1000 pension plan....
I can't say whether or not that's causing your particular problem, sumas, but it seems to be unnecessarily stressing the whole postal system. Also, Christmas is approaching, of course.