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We need the post office.

The U.S. Postal Service obviously played a huge role in the recent presidential election.

65 million mail ballots returned,

almost double the amount in 2016.

But now that we're through the election

and despite this essential function,

the Postal Service is still in trouble.

In fact, the agency can run out of money next year.

Here to explain why and possible ways to save the Postal Service

is RICO's deputy editor Adam Clark Estes. Hey

Adam. Hey Teddy. So what's the big deal like why is the post office in trouble?

The Postal Service has been in trouble for a few years and it's a financial thing. To make a long story short

starting about 15 years ago the Postal Service had to start prepaying its

retirement benefits which make its finances look really bad.

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