The USPS has always fully funded their retirement and pension programs. Now the USPS is required by a 2006 Congressional decree to fully fund future (75 years) retiree health benefits within 10 years (the 10 years is 2016). Obviously you need to educate yourself.
A seedling is a young plant sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed. Seedling development starts with germination of the seed. A typical young seedling consists of three main parts: the radicle (embryonic root), the hypocotyl (embryonic shoot), and the cotyledons (seed leaves).
seed noun (BEGINNING) C2 [ C usually plural ] the cause of a feeling or situation, or the early stages of it: From these early seeds of their friendship, they grew into lifelong companions. He may be sowing the seeds of his own destruction in the long term by using violence against his own people.