After a year in which the Post Office was almost destroyed by DeJoy, a Trump campaign donor, a bipartisan bill to fix that agency has been introduced and has a good chance of passage. One of the main portions of the bill would eliminate the requirement that the U.S.P.S. pre-fund its health benefits for retirees, a requirement that no other agency has.
The Post Office is supposed to be “self-sustaining.” To me that is like asking the U.S. Military or the N.Y.P.D. to be self-sustaining. It is a service provided to Americans. It is not in the business to make money, but to deliver mail. If it is ever privatized, you can say goodbye to rural delivery of mail.
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