NAPS opposes ending Six Day Delivery to replenish Highway Trust Fund

The House Republican Leadership, spearheaded by Chairman Issa, has been developing a plan to end six-day delivery and in turn, use the projected cost savings to fund a Shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund. We have attached a statement where NAPS vehemently opposes this proposal.

The Highway Trust fund is an account, funded by fuel taxes, that funds among other things, Highway Construction and Mass Transit throughout the United States. However, with Americans driving less due to increased use of fuel efficient vehicles and mass transit, this fund has encountered a shortfall and is projected to run out of funds by the end of the year.

We question the accounting methods being used to calculate the funds because there will be no actual funds being transferred, just funds “on paper.” NAPS believes that instead of using the USPS to shore up fiscal issues in another part of the federal government that there needs to be a review of the fuel taxes used to fill the fund’s coffers.

To review our whole statement, click here.