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USPS Postage Rates Rise as Agency Halts Pension Payments to Avert Cash Shortage

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Drew Drummond

Social Security cut · Apr 13, 2026

USPS Postage Rates Rise as Agency Halts Pension Payments to Avert Cash Shortage

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The price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp will increase from 78 cents to 82 cents. This is part of a proposed 4.8% increase in mailing services product prices, including raising international postcards from $1.70 to $1.75, which would go into effect on July 12.

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The U.S. Postal Service will stop making $2.5 billion in the employer pension payments for the defined benefit portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System this fiscal year. This suspension is part of a broader effort to preserve liquidity. The agency is implementing a 4.8% increase in mailing services product prices, including raising the price of First-Class Mail Forever stamps from 78 cents cents to 82 cents. These moves are the result of a sequence of and a financial crisis. The agency is prohibited by federal law from borrowing more than $15 billion from the U.S. Treasury, a limit it hit years ago. The agency depends entirely on postage and service sales to maintain operations. Mail volume has fallen from 213 billion pieces in 2006 to 109 billion pieces today, erasing roughly $81 billion in potential annual revenue. Postmaster General David Steiner stated the agency will run out of cash by 2027 if no significant changes are made. Without congressional action to expand its financial tools, the Postal Service will be unable to deliver mail within the next year.

To conserve cash and preserve liquidity, the U.S. Postal Service is pausing its employer contributions for the defined benefit portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System. The move will save the agency approximately $2.5 billion in the current fiscal year.

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Healthcare for veterans is degraded and service at the Social Security Administration is slower or nonexistent for the elderly and disabled who rely on those payments for income. These outcomes result from the removal of 300,000 federal workers from the government payroll during the first year of the Trump administration. The Department of Veterans Affairs lost more than 12,700 employees, the Department of Health and Human Services lost more than 14,400 workers, and the Social Security Administration lost more than 6,600 staff. The Environmental Protection Agency lost more than 4,000 employees. Federal prisons are overwhelmed by too many inmates and too few corrections officers. The loss of these 300,000 jobs results in degraded healthcare for veterans and slower service at the Social Security Administration for the elderly and disabled.

These measures are the result of a severe financial crisis. Postmaster General David Steiner stated that the agency will run out of cash in 2027 if no significant changes are made. The crisis is driven by a reduction in mail volume, which has fallen from a peak of 213 billion pieces per year in 2006 to 109 billion pieces today.

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A typical couple turning 60 in 2025 faces an annual reduction of $18,400 in benefits, a 24% cut, if Congress does not intervene. This reduction is driven by the depletion of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund by 2032. The Congressional Budget Office and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimate insolvency by that date, a two-year acceleration from previous projections of 2033. The acceleration is caused by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law in July 2025. The act introduces a $6,000 senior deduction that reduces the revenue Social Security receives from taxing benefits. It also implements mass deportation policies that shrink the workforce and reduce payroll tax revenue. The Social Security Office of the Chief Actuary Actuary estimates these changes will reduce program revenue by $168.6 billion between 2025 and 2034.

Federal law prohibits the U.S. Postal Service from borrowing more than $15 billion, and the agency reached that limit years ago. The agency now relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to fund its operations.

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The Trump administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2027 increases discretionary spending by $288.4 billion, or 15.3%, compared to fiscal year 2026. This rise contradicts the president’s campaign promise to cut the federal budget every year. The increase is driven by a $500 billion boost to military spending, which would make the Pentagon’s budget the largest in U.S. history. That surge outweighs a $70 billion reduction in non-defense discretionary programs, which fund services ranging from health to homeland security. The net effect is a significantly larger discretionary budget. The proposal does not include major reforms to mandatory spending programs like Medicare, Social Security, or Medicaid—areas that are primary drivers of long-term debt. Without changes there, the administration offers no credible path to reducing deficits. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects that, even under the administration’s optimistic economic assumptions, federal public debt will climb from 100% of GDP in 2025 to 103% by 2029 if the budget becomes law. Presidential budget requests require congressional approval, and Congress has not yet acted on this proposal.

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