Rural postal workers don’t just deliver mail. They put out fires, help elderly people who’ve fallen, and ensure veterans receive medication during storms. Trump’s proposed USPS privatization threatens these care networks in areas already lacking services.

Rural postal workers don’t just deliver mail. They put out fires, help elderly people who’ve fallen, and ensure veterans receive medication during storms. Trump’s proposed USPS privatization threatens these care networks in areas already lacking services.

  • pdxfed@lemmy.world
    3·
    7 hours ago

    You may be speaking about LIBOR, I believe that’s relevant internationally though mostly locally? If not that, Exchange rates and currency manipulation is alive and thriving.

    • pelespirit
      1·
      6 hours ago

      Yep, LIBOR is it! I found that super fascinating. The things they don’t tell you in normal schooling. I bet the ivy league high school prep schools knew about Libor.

      I guess it’s under a different name now so us plebs can’t see what’s going on:

      The 1 month, 3 month, 6 month, and 12 month Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) is its replacement.[7][8][9] In July 2023, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) said four unnamed dollar-denominated alternatives to LIBOR, known as “credit-sensitive rates”, had “varying degrees of vulnerability” that might appear during times of market stress

      Libor Wikipedia page

      Hmmm to the bold. I bet they’re in the UK.