Postal Service launches review of package delivery fees as Trump influence grows.

[usaf-vet]

Trump and Republicans want to privatize the postal service. IMO rates would go up and service will decline to rural areas.

Weeks before a Republican donor and top White House ally becomes postmaster general, the U.S. Postal Service has quietly launched a review of its package delivery contracts and lost its second-highest executive, leaving its board of governors without any officials who predate President Trump.

The moves, confirmed by six people with knowledge of the Postal Service’s inner workings but not authorized to speak publicly, underscore how Trump is moving closer to reshaping an independent agency he has dubbed “a joke.”

The Postal Service in recent weeks has sought bids from consulting firms to reassess what the agency charges companies such as Amazon, UPS and FedEx to deliver products on their behalf — often in the “last mile” between a post office and a customer’s home. Higher package rates would cost shippers and online retailers billions of dollars, potentially spurring them to invest in their own distribution networks instead of relying on the Postal Service.

Trump for years has alleged, without evidence, that the Postal Service is undercharging companies, particularly Amazon (whose founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos, owns The Washington Post). The agency has steadfastly rejected that assessment, saying it charges what it can given a competitive marketplace.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/14/trump-postal-service-package-rates/

[SoonerPride]

1. Any increases in fees won't be paid by Mr. Bezos, Donny Dumbfuck. It'll be paid by US the consumers

Donny thinks he is sticking it to Jeff Bezos,whom he hates because he is a real billionaire and he owns the mean nasty Washington Post which is mean to him and gives him a sad.

But Amazon won't eat that cost.

It'll just make the consumer pay more.

Uou know, US.

But like tariffs and everything else, Donny Dumbfuck doesn't understand how things actually work.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Alas, the Constitution gives Congress permission to establish Post Roads and Post Offices, but...

does not seem to require such establishment.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. I just wish ..ONCE ...when orange asshole says "jump", the response is

FUCK YOU.

[Midnight Writer]

4. I know people who work at the Post Office who think Trump is doing a great job.

This will not change their minds. They will be out of work, out of food, out of doors, and they will still support Trump.

[a kennedy]

5. I just do not get this devotion.....

[Midnight Writer]

6. Nor do I. They vote against their own economic interests, and now they are against their own health.