Baffling Bonuses

The postmaster general claims “our productivity is up,” so he informs the top 900 senior executives of up to a 25% bonus of their salaries (“Deficit, Yet Bonuses, at Post Office,” July 19). That bonus is about what a letter carrier makes in an entire year. What an insult to the rest of the hard workers of the U.S. Postal Service.

If the big boss wants to give huge bonuses, how about starting with Sun Valley letter carrier Gerald Apusen, who has saved two people on his route in the last few years. I believe most Americans appreciate the job the workers of the post office do. It is the ivory-tower folks who have their own agenda that are causing so much trouble for the USPS.

Richard Allen

Lakeview Terrace