The U.S Postal Service （USPS） continues to bleed red ink It reported a net loss of $6billi
on for fiscal 2016， the 10th straight year its expenses have exceeded revenue Meanwhile，it has more than $120 billion in unfunded liabilities， mostly for employee health and retirementcosts There are many bankruptcies Fundamentally， the USPS is in a historic squeezebetween technological change that has permanently decreased demand for its bread-and-butterproduct， first-class mail， and a regulatory structure that denies management the flexibility toadjust its operations to the new reality.
And interest groups ranging from postal unions to greeting-card makers exert self-interestedpressure on the USPS’s ultimate overseer-Congress-insisting that whatever else happens to thePostal Service， aspects of the status quo they depend on get protected This is why repeatedattempts at reform. legislation have failed in recent years， leaving the Postal Service unable topay its bills except by deferring vital modernization.
Now comes word that everyone involved---Democrats， Republicans， the Postal Service，the unions and the system‘s heaviest users—has finally agreed on a plan to fix the system Legislation is moving through the House that would save USPS an estimated $ 28.6 billion overfive years， which could help pay for new vehicles， among other survival measures. Most ofthe money would come from a penny-per-letter permanent rate increase and from shifting postalretirees into Medicare The latter step would largely offset the financial burden of annuallypre-funding retiree health care， thus addressing a long-standing complaint by the USPS and itsunion.
If it clears the House， this measure would still have to get through the Senate – wheresomeone is bound to point out that it amounts to the bare， bare minimum necessary to keepthe Postal Service afloat， not comprehensive reform. There’s no change to collective bargaining at the USPS， a major omission considering that personnel accounts for 80 percent ofthe agency’s costs. Also missing is any discussion of eliminating Saturday letter delivery. That common-sense change enjoys wide public support and would save the USPS $2 billion per year But postal special-interest groups seem to have killed it， at least in the House. The emerging consensus around the bill is a sign that legislators are getting frightened about a politically embarrassing short-term collapse at the USPS It is not， however， a sign that they’re getting serious about transforming the postal system for the 21st century.
36.The financial problem with the USPS is caused partly by
A.its unbalanced budget
B.its rigid management
C.the cost for technical upgrading
D.the withdrawal of bank support
According to Paragraph 2， the USPS fails to modernize itself due toA.the interference from interest groups
B.the inadequate funding from Congress
C.the shrinking demand for postal service
D.the incompetence of postal unions
The long-standing complaint by the USPS and its unions can be addressed byA.removing its burden of retiree health care
B.making more investment in new vehicles
C.adopting a new rate-increase mechanism
D.attracting more first-class mail users
In the last paragraph， the author seems to view legislators withA.respect
B.tolerance
C.discontent
D.gratitude
Which of the following would be the best title for the text？A.The USPS Starts to Miss Its Good Old Days
B.The Postal Service： Keep Away from My Cheese
C.The USPS： Chronic Illness Requires a Quick Cure
D.The Postal Service Needs More than a Band-Aid
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