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Tom Carper: “Eighty percent of the costs of the Postal Service is people.”

On the recordSeptember 5, 2011
Eighty percent of the costs of the Postal Service is people.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the importance of workforce in Postal Service costs.

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