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turbinetree

(24,685 posts)
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 12:00 PM Mar 2021

Louis DeJoy tries to break the Postal Service some more before he gets fired

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By Josh Israel -March 23, 2021 10:30 AM

Critics called Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's previous changes at the agency a 'politically motivated attack.'

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will reportedly unveil a plan on Tuesday to make the U.S. Postal Service even worse than he already has. The move comes as the Senate prepares to consider three nominations by President Joe Biden to the agency's board of governors, which may soon fire the embattled GOP megadonor.

According to the Washington Post, DeJoy will propose a 10-year plan that includes longer delivery times for first-class mail, higher prices for postage, and reduced hours of operation at local post offices. The independent agency has already seen slower delivery times since DeJoy was appointed to the position in May.

The Postal Service is overseen by a board of governors, appointed for a fixed term by the president and confirmed by the Senate. They can be removed only for cause and are the only ones with the power to hire or fire a postmaster general.

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-donald-trump-joe-biden-board-governors-postal-service/

Another fucking libertarian asshole trying to make a buck off the system and then having same system collapse because of libertarian's fascist concept of BS
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uponit7771

(90,304 posts)
1. K&R, This guy should at the LEAST go through the process of being charged with lying to congress and
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 12:06 PM
Mar 2021

... and trying to disturb the US elections in 2020.

Just damn, there has to be justice ... this guy looks like an asshole

Qutzupalotl

(14,289 posts)
14. Exactly. He testified the sorting machines he destroyed were "not needed."
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 03:47 PM
Mar 2021

BULLSHIT BULLSHIT BULLSHIT

BadgerKid

(4,549 posts)
7. Explains why mail sucks lately.Where there's no mail, there's no offense!
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 01:15 PM
Mar 2021

Where there's no mail, there's no offense!

mitch96

(13,871 posts)
9. Corporations and VC's want the USPS bad.. Buy it at a discount and rape the Mail for its
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 01:35 PM
Mar 2021

retirement fund. It's one of the only quasi gov't entities that have to have it's retirement fully funded. Lots of "unused" cash there. IMHO it was the repuke/corporate raider plan from the get go. YMMV
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https://ips-dc.org/how-congress-manufactured-a-postal-crisis-and-how-to-fix-it/

https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/financials/annual-reports/fy2010/ar2010_4_002.htm

bif

(22,685 posts)
12. We already have the mail service of a third-world country!
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 01:52 PM
Mar 2021

How much lower can it go? We now only get mail a couple times a week. It's a joke.

ProfessorPlum

(11,253 posts)
13. prior to DeJoy, the mail service in this country was amazing
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 03:43 PM
Mar 2021

It still does a fantastic job, even with his sabotage.

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