Trump Wants to Kill the USPS - It Has Been Around Since the Beginning

[MineralMan]

Delivering the mail is a crucial part of what our government must do. So, Trump wants to stop the mail.

That should be an impeachable offense, in my opinion.

The USPS traces its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress, when Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general. The Post Office Department was created in 1792 with the passage of the Postal Service Act.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service

[Peacetrain]

1. What country does not have a mail service????

Benjamin Franklin established our service.. and a failed reality star who bankrupts everything he touches, want to destroy the hallmark of a country.???.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. He wants to privatize it, which is exactly what would happen

if the USPS went away. He also hates it because he thinks it's in league with Amazon, which he loathes with the fire of a thousand suns because Jeff Bezos owns it and also the Washington Post. Therefore the USPS must die. Because it's a tool of the Washington Post through Jeff Bezos and Amazon. Or something.

[Blue_true]

7. Rural areas would not get served by private services.

In fact, those services depend upon the USPS to deliver low dollar packages to many places.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. And even more importantly, getting the mail is an important part of a lot of people's lives.

They absolutely depended on that mail arriving every day...my dad did, he would walk up to the mailbox several times during the day just to check and see if the mail arrived. He would literally fuss about it until it arrived finally. A lot of people are like this.

Only an idiot would propose sometime like this...I suspect that Congress will have other plans and get around his refusal to accept any monies for the post office, by overriding his threatened veto.

[Blue_true]

4. Yeah. That is going to end when the Rurals get wind of his goal.

The USPS is huge for them, it even does last leg deliveries for the private delivery services.

[MineralMan]

5. Yes. It is the only delivery service that reaches all addresses.

We cannot lose that.

[Girard442]

8. They won't believe it until it's a fait accompli. Too late then.

[Blue_true]

17. They are in a position where they won't suffer.

Democrats will take over and fix the problem, but unlike Trump, they will fix it for all Americans. So, they will get the service back quickly enough that they will suffer only minor irritation, and they will keep voting largely republican.

[nolabear]

6. There's a growing movement to buy stamps online. Do it!

[Turbineguy]

9. It's the camel's nose under the tent ploy.

If you can get rid of the Post Office, we really don't need a Constitution either.

[SBoy]

10. Facts about The USPS

1) Seven Unions totaling 500,000 members
2) 142k collection boxes
3) Operates one of the largest fleets in the Country almost 228,000 vehicles, purchased 580,000 tires, used over 500 million gallons of fuel, and covered 1.35 billion miles in 2019
4) bi-weekly payroll of $2 Billon
5) handles 48% of the World’s Mail
6) Accepted over 6.6 million passport applications last year
7) Would rank 44th in the Fortune 500
8) Handled over 142 billion pieces of mail in 2019
9) All accomplished without using a single dollar in US tax revenue

How does the dunderhead who plan on replacing the USPS? And he even has the balls Tweet Saturday

Link to tweet

So it’s Sen Schumer that doesn’t care about the American Worker, while he prepares to fire 600,000 of us.

[Wounded Bear]

11. I believe it's the only civilian agency/service actually mentioned in the Constitution...

Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7

To establish Post Offices and post Roads

Technically, the gov't is required to keep post offices open.

[2naSalit]

18. That was the conclusion

we came to in one of my government classes back in college. It was a Seminar in ConLaw.

[Danmel]

12. So many people get their medications through the mail

Many are required to by their collective bargaining agreements. How are people going to get their medications without the postal service and without putting themselves and others at risk?

[Hekate]

13. The radical Republicans have been working on this for years, & in Trump have found...

...their perfect tool to complete the job.

The PO was founded by Ben Franklin, f'godsake. Like the Press, specifically mentioned in the US Constitution. Both are a key means of communication is a free society.

[Karma13612]

14. Biden should start ads on this.

How it effects me:

I pay for my dental premium monthly, by mail.
If I use any other form or method of payment, I am hit with a fee which is as large as the premium. Not sure why, since it’s the 21st century. All forms of payment should be free of fees.

But the point is, doing away with the postal service would be catastrophic.

Trump is a dangerous ass.

#VoteBlue2020

[dlk]

15. Republicans Despise Unions and the Postal Service is unionized

That and Republicans see dollar signs if the service is privatized.

[customerserviceguy]

16. However wise and insightful

the Founding Fathers were, there were a lot of things they did not foresee.

Yes, they knew that a mail service was an essential for a country that was to govern itself, as well as newspapers. When those were the best ways to spread current news and information, it made sense for them to support those institutions.

They certainly could not have imagined radio, television, and the Internet. Those are the ways that modern people use to communicate, and they're not going away, nor do they need to be subsidized.

Two hundred years ago, nobody could foresee junk mail, either. Some 75% of what we get is that, it would be lower, but my lady prefers some things to be mailed, I have all of my bills, bank statements, etc. coming online, and I pay that way, too. If we really need dead-tree advertising sent all around the country by fossil fuel burning vehicles, then have advertisers pay the costs of that.

[Progressive Jones]

19. The USPS will out live Trump. nt

[eppur_se_muova]

20. Privatizing mail and education are "business-friendly" Uglicans' two biggest wet dreams.

Well, that, and a permanently installed Uglican Emperor, of course.

[Cha]

21. the Sadist in the WH wants to kill amazon, too.. I

happen to like amazon.

The USPS is a crucial part of our existence AFAIC!