TO THE NEW ERA EDITOR: In reference to the Lancaster New Era editorial of Aug. 6, I have been an employee of the U.S. Post Office for 30 years. In that time the Postal Service has taken not one penny of taxpayers' money. By law we must be completely self-sustaining. All of our operating revenue comes from stamp sales. You do us a disservice continuing the urban myth that taxpayers support the post office. It may have been true in your father's time, not today.
Postal employees collect millions of pounds of food for local food banks and donate thousands of pints of blood to local hospitals and the Red Cross. Ask the United Way about the millions of dollars we donate to local charities every year through our combined campaigns. Every postal branch is the heart and soul of the community.
The rich, the poor, the elderly all count on us to be there for them.
The loss of a single post office is a tragedy for the community, the loss of a thousand a tragedy for our nation. This is what you welcome.
Not a single postal employee wrote to welcome the loss of jobs when your newspapers combined. You're either heartless or a fool. Daniel J. Burke Strasburg
