Mailers Wage War Against USPS

The PAEA limits the average postal rate hike to inflation as measured by the CPI. There is an exception to the CPI cap only for "exigent circumstances" when the Postal Service could not continue operating without overall price increases above the CPI.

This exception is intended only for "extraordinary or exceptional circumstances" that would leave the USPS short of funds to provide necessary services despite "the best practices of honest, efficient and economical management." The AMA argues that the Postal Service has not met that test. PI