Carper: USPS can take page from auto industry in fixing finances

As the Postal Service debuts new plans for cost-cutting, one of the key lawmakers involved in setting USPS on more sound financial footing said the agency should take a page from the auto industry.

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee on federal financial management, told In Depth with Francis Rose the comparison may seem “unlikely.” But the plan that turned around the bailed-out auto industry could prevent having to bail out the Postal Service in the first place.

via Carper: USPS can take page from auto industry in fixing finances – FederalNewsRadio.com.