According to an Inspector General report issued the day Postmaster DeJoy was sworn in office spent $4 billion in fiscal year 2019 in mail processing and delivery, overtime and penalty overtime costs. Those Overtime costs represent 45% of the postal system's $8.8 billion loss for last year. is Postmaster DeJoy's commendable attempt to reduce those excess costs. They're now being cynically used to create this false political narrative. (03:36–03:43)
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Asserts that overtime costs accounted for 45% of the Postal Service's $8.8 billion loss last year.
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