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September 24, 2012
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Commentary: Postal Service’s Valassis deal undercuts community news

They say there is no more dangerous animal than one that is wounded. It protects its life and territory through the pain with dangerous and unpredictable behavior. Reason and long-term self-interest no longer are in play. We are seeing such behavior today from a financially wounded U.S. Postal Service. Through the first three quarters of its 2011-2012 operating year the Postal Service has reported losses of $11.6 billion — that is more than double its losses of $5.7 billion for the same period in 2010-2011. During the third quarter it reported losses of nearly $57 million a day! Now all …

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