The U.S. Postal Service on Thursday said it needs to shave more costs from its operations to get into better financial shape. To do that, the postal agency wants to overhaul its delivery logistics, resulting in some customers likely seeing a slowdown in their mail delivery.
The 👏 USPS 👏 is 👏 a 👏 government 👏 service and does not need to be “profitable”. You don’t hear people complaining that the military “loses” $700B a year.*
I know DeJoy can’t just be fired, but I really wish there were some progress toward ousting him.
* Aside from the valid complaints about military spending in general. Also the $700B figure is likely out of date.
A great deal of the financial pressure that the USPS has been under resulted from the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act [which] required the Postal Service to create a $72 billion fund that would pay for its employees’ retirement health benefits for more than 50 years into the future
The system is absurd and intentionally so. The goal of this system is to starve the USPS of spendable cash in a quixotic effort to save money for employees who haven’t been born yet.
I know DeJoy can’t just be fired
Biden has the power to fire and replace the entire USPS Board of Governors. The replacements then have the power to replace DeJoy.
But in much the same way Biden refuses to pack the SCOTUS (a nine seat bench that presides over thirteen appellate courts and should have been expanded decades ago), he’s dragging his heels on a Board of Governors long ago stacked with Republican nominees. This is because Biden fucking voted for this policy. One of the worst bills in US History was passed through the Senate with unanimous consent.
2023 defense budget was closer to $860 billion
Lol, yeah. $700B was just the last figure I recalled clearly but was pretty sure it had increased.
It always increases, sigh…
700 billion is just the figure that we get to know about
Maybe if they would take that 700 billion and invest it in an interest-bearing way, They would be able to pay for them selves.
The key difference is the USPS is self-funded, so it does need to cover costs and maintain a reserve to cover downturns, which it could do by expanding into basic banking services, like check cashing, if DeJoy was not tasked with grinding the service down.
Tasked? DeJoy owns a freight company, breaking and outsourcing USPS is in his financial interest
Ugh does he really?
He didn’t appoint himself to the job.
No he was just appointed by a fascist to dismantle the USPS to try and block mail in votes
so it does need to cover costs
What about that determination isn’t 100% arbitrary?
Do you think postal carriers work for free? Salaries, vehicle maintenance, keeping the lights on, etc, these are all real expenses.
Biden did get some new appointees on the board: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/people/2022/05/usps-board-is-now-mostly-biden-picks-following-latest-senate-confirmations/ but i’m not sure what the hold up is now.
edit: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/25/president-biden-announces-nominees-4/ more recent additional nominees.
The hold up is that the new appointees Biden picked also support DeJoy, because Biden doesn’t actually oppose DeJoy’s destruction of USPS.
It’s election time. Better slow the mail down to stop THOSE people from defrauding our democracy! /s
I like the joke, but that was the first thing I looked for in the article. At least they’re not doing that this time
Why wasn’t DeJoy arrested for last time.
Unfuckingbelievable that shit stain still has that job.
USPS does not need to make a profit, this is just bonkers. I live in a rural area and don’t even get mail delivery, and for a time we didn’t even have a local post office. Here’s hoping that doesn’t happen again.
They shouldn’t be required to profit, or break even, but they pretty much are.
We’re self-funding. The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
OTOH, not seeing how that prevents government funding:
The statute that created the Postal Service begins with the following sentence: “The United States Postal Service shall be operated as a basic and fundamental service provided to the people by the Government of the United States, authorized by the Constitution, created by an Act of Congress, and supported by the people.” 39 U.S.C. §101(a).
If DeJoy could just get fired, and Congress could undo the asinine retirement fund the postal service is forced to fund that pays for retirement of people the post office will hire in the future. This wouldn’t be happening. They could expand service. That’s right! Georgie bush Jr and the republicans forced the USPS to pay retirement so far ahead it covers people not old enough to work there yet. Prior to that the post office had money left over and they had a good retirement plan. Plus FedEx an ups said they ain’t gonna fill in for the post office, they are not capable with their infrastructure for the prices charged. Postal service is required and a good service when it’s being run properly, and not being forced to look incompetent by two faced politicians claiming to be business savy.
Why is DeJoy still in charge of USPS?
Because Biden wants him to be. Biden has made enough appointments to the USPS Board of Governors that they would have a majority to remove DeJoy if they wanted, but Biden appointed DeJoy supporters instead.
Edit: if you downvoters think I’m wrong, reply with an alternative explanation.
I actually agree with you. Though I don’t know why Biden has left him in place. DeJoy sucks, and I hope the next Democratic president pushes to remove him.
No thanks.
I insist
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Bills are almost paperless. They are he only thing we need USPS for is packages, that’s it. Some people get their meds and such through USPS.
