Postmaster General's Resignation Opens Door for Trump's Privatization Plan

[babylonsister]

Worse and worser.

Postmaster General’s Resignation Opens Door for Trump’s Privatization Plan
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Trump’s transition team hinted that it was “looking at” outsourcing many of the agency’s operations.
Emell Derra Adolphus
News Reporter
Updated Feb. 18 2025 8:03PM EST
Published Feb. 18 2025 8:01PM EST


U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s resignation, which he announced this week, could open the door for President Donald Trump to carry out his long-sought after plan to privatize the massive federal agency.

DeJoy announced Monday in a letter to Postal Service Board of Governors that he intends to step down after five years in the role. He ascended to the role during Trump’s first administration and led the agency through the COVID-19 pandemic, attacks on mail-in ballot stations, and repeated attempts to plug the agency’s steep losses.

However, DeJoy’s efforts to modernize the agency with a planned $40 billion transformation over the next decade seemed to fall flat amid reports that the agency lost $10 billion last year and would not break even this year, reported Federal News Network.

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DeJoy added that he was committed to being “as helpful as possible in facilitating a transition.”

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/postmaster-general-louis-dejoys-resignation-opens-door-for-trumps-privatization-plan/

[Silent Type]

1. Jeeez. When we miss DeJoy, what's this country coming too.

[chowder66]

2. My guess is DeJoy was priming the P.O. for exactly this. A takeover.

[Silent Type]

7. I road with my granddad on his rural route starting about 5 years old in 1950s. Today's post office is totally different

from the PO I loved. It’s going to be difficult to maintain under any circumstance.

I shipped a guitar today. USPS is no longer economical for large packages. I looked there first, $212 to ship 300 miles. FedEx was $56. UPS was $99 and the insurance was cheaper.

Now, letters, etc., are much more economical by Postal Service. I haven’t mailed anything in years. It’s a different word. I hope USPS survives and expect they will. Whether 6 day delivery is needed nowadays is another question.

Even had an aunt and cousin make PO their career.

[Bettie]

10. And his reward is probably

a big fat contract for his company to deliver mail at great expense to us.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. It's about fighting the postal unions too

what don't they outsource these days? The subcontract rural delivery in some areas. They rent warehouses on the fly when holiday mail volume spikes. Surely more we don't know about. There are changes. Regional rate boxes gone. First class rates hard to find on the website and that's a clue. The differences in prices between the different shipping options are narrowing. Soon to be a few rates. First class, media, Priority, Ground Advantage very narrow in pricing compared to 10 years ago. And there are NO first class packages now.

DeJoy will take it off your hands.

[Lovie777]

4. Jobs lost and more propaganda mail...

[cbabe]

5. US constitution/Congress

The U.S. Constitution Online
https://www.usconstitution.net › is-usps-in-the-us-constitution

Is USPS in the US Constitution? - U.S. Constitution.net

Dec 18, 2024The United States Postal Service (USPS) is indeed mentioned in the US Constitution. Article I, Section 8 grants

[UTUSN]

6. Knr

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. The Post Office is one department defined in the US Constitution

Not sure it could be privatized for that reason. Doesn't mean greedy fuckers like Trump wouldn't try.

[senseandsensibility]

9. Yes

Thanks for that reminder.

[Abolishinist]

11. I have mixed feelings on this.

80% of what we receive in the mail is a waste of ink and paper and goes directly to the recycle bin. Nothing but ads and donation requests.

And all of this subsidizes deliveries in rural areas, which in the past has never bothered me. But as they're predominantly MAGAts, at this point I'm leaning toward I couldn't care less about continuing this particular government subsidy.