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Volume 17 • Issue 4 • April 2026

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Except, those rounds aren’t quite so swift anymore. The
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United States Postal Service is struggling - slower mail delivery,
rising debts, a 9.5 billion net loss in the 2025 fiscal year alone.
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This ongoing financial crisis speaks to a vital government service No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form by
in distress, and it’s not entirely the Postal Service’s fault. In fact, any electronic or mechanical means without permission from the
publisher. Life in Naples regrets that no responsibility can be
in 2025, more than 70% of the Service’s losses were from factors
accepted for unsolicited material.
entirely outside of its control. Opinions expressed by contributors or advertisers are not
In 2022 the Postal Service Reform Act ended the unusual necessarily those of the publisher.
and burdensome requirement that the organization was required
to pre-fund retiree health benefits. It also integrated Medicare
into the Postal Service’s healthcare program. However, this isn’t
publisher Reg Buxton
enough. Further legislative and regulatory reforms are needed
to keep this vital government agency first dreamed up by our interested in advertising Call Reg: 239.572.0051
Founding Fathers alive and well.
contributing writers Bill Barnett
Currently, the USPS’s only line of credit is with the Federal
Sandra Lee Buxton
Financing Bank and it isn’t allowed access to traditional lines
Lois Bolin
of credit or capital markets. Some argue that it’s important that Jeff Lytle
the Postal Service remains free from creditors outside the U.S. Claudia Polzin
government. However, the money must come from somewhere Paula Allia
Tina Osceola
and if Congress is unprepared to allocate more funding, then
other solutions must be explored and allowed. graphic design YB Design Studio
As the Postal Service reaches its 250th birthday along
with our country, it’s clearer than ever that reform has become
necessary. The USPS provides a vital service that links the entire Please scan the QR code to access the digital magazine.
country together, no matter how near or far, city or rural for just
the cost of a postage stamp. And as we move on to the next 250
years, we need to do what is necessary to allow the USPS to
thrive alongside us.

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