I am willing to invest the political capital. We have a number of stakeholders that are here as we are looking to truly save the Postal Service as we know it.

But you are making money on those products. I mean, according to your balance sheet, you are making money so, I mean, why would you need an increase?

If she is not happy, I am not happy, and I am saying that from the other side of the aisle, okay?

I do stand here very much in support of maintaining, sustaining, resurrecting, and otherwise making sure the Postal Service stays alive for a very, very long time and continues to serve the American public.

My concern is is that in 2002 I believe it was the USPS attributed 4 percent of its delivery cost to packages, competitive products, partial.

80 percent of the costs of the Postal Service is labor.

So frankly, the cost-coverage problems are predominantly on the market-dominant side.

So is it a concern of yours, though, that that--if we as Congress raise rates by one cent, that increased revenue, is that going to go to what?

And the transparency for that accounting is important to me because I don't want us to step into something 10 years from now or five years from now when we realize that market conditions have changed and we are subsidizing a competitive…

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