7 More Reasons the GOP Might Be Starving USPS of Cash

Exactly why House Republican leaders chose not to act on any postal reform legislation before autumn is still a bit of a mystery. But last week’s Dead Tree Edition article on the subject stirred up plenty of theories and heated comments.

Amidst all the vitriol and conspiracy theories, seven additional interesting and sometimes insightful theories emerged to explain the GOP's inaction on the growing postal crisis:

1) Why bail out Obama?
2) All pain, no gain.
3) No consensus.
4) Let it fail.
5) The real GOP plan is privatization.
6) If you can’t retire them, scare them off.
7) Who cares?