Click here for an article at The Plum Line in The Washington Post by Paul Waldman and Greg Sargent entitled "Trump’s new rage attack on the post office could hurt his voters most." Read the whole article to see what Trump and the Republicans are trying to do to the Post Office. Here are some excerpts:
President Trump is trying to kill the U.S. Postal Service — or at least make it submit to his will.
The Postal Service is a joke,” Trump said, launching into a sneering list of complaints, including his common and false contention that it loses money by delivering for Amazon.com.
It’s true that the agency has a financial problem. In 2006, Congress passed a law requiring the USPS — unlike any other government agency or private company — to prepay 75 years’ worth of employee retirement benefits, which costs billions every year. Without this, its operating losses would be a fraction.
Not only that, the Postal Service is the only government agency that we demand turn a profit.
But despite its losses, the Postal Service remains America’s most beloved federal agency, with overwhelming majorities viewing it favorably and believing it does a good or excellent job.
Whether you live in Manhattan or in a remote stretch of North Dakota, the Postal Service will deliver your mail — not for the $25 or $30 UPS or FedEx will charge for a letter, but for 55 cents.
This is crucial, because the Postal Service is structured precisely so that it can do things like treat people in rural areas (where mail is more expensive to deliver) equally to people who are closer to metropolitan areas and/or who benefit from more options such as UPS or FedEx.
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