Daily Caller
President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly looking to privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), three people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post in a report published Sunday.
Trump has made known his desire to detach the USPS from the federal government in conversations at his Mar-a-Lago estate, sources informed the outlet, including with Howard Lutnick, his commerce secretary pick and co-chair of his presidential transition team. More
“Take the U.S. Out of the Postal Service”
That would get my stamp of approval.
another n-grifter organization
I think the USPS should move to a split delivery day system where business mail is delivered Mon, Wed and Fri; while residential is delivered Tues and Thurs.
No more Sat regular delivery.
Letter carriers have split routes.
Less carriers needed (labor savings) and less equipment operation and maint costs.
My mailman got it wrong again today and sent me mail that belongs to a business a block away from my house with same address number as my house. This happens far too often, and I end up taking their mail over to them at least once every other month or so. They’re always happy to see me but not our idiot mailman.
Inquiring minds want to know: It the Federal Reserve system is not part of the Federal Government, why should the Post Office???
Our government in Canada has just mandated the postal workers (on strike for a month in the busiest mail period of the year) back to work tomorrow. I am the executrix of my late sister’s estate and I do have some Christmas bequests to send out. I will do it in mid-January as there is quite the backlog and I bet the postal workers will be “working to rule”. I don’t care, I truly hope the next Canadian government gets rid of the CBC and privatizes the Postal system.
The challenge will be that the PO is called for in the Constitution. The Supreme Court will one day hear if a constitutional duty of the government be privatized. The army does it with contractors overseas.
Actually the PO is not called for, as such, in the Constitution. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 says that Congress *has the power* ‘To establish Post Offices and post Roads’. It is not a requirement. At the time it was important to have universal delivery, particularly access. Notsomuch these days.
During Trump’s first term I was saying it should be sold to Amazon. I still think that – or perhaps another large company that has distribution nailed.
Honestly I can’t remember the last time I mailed anything. It’s all e mail. Hell my customers text me. Give them to AMAZON or shut them down completely. As far as that idiot that covers his ears when the truth is so painful maybe he can get a job at Berkley teaching business courses.