Anther reason that the USPS is going broke is 90% of the employees are now contract employees. Do you realise that the cost of a government contract is approximately 4-5 X that of the cost of the employees salary. However, there is that never ending fear of having to pay the employee's retirement benefit, insurance, etc, etc. What they fail to understand is the reason that the contract is so high is because you are paying for that contract employee's retirement benefit, insurance, and a company profit