The USPS’s inefficiency and losses are directly attributable to federal ownership and political mandates, as discussed here. Full privatization would provide the flexibility that the company needs to adjust and survive in our continually evolving economy.
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Chris Edwards and Yasmeen Kallash-Kyler
In a seeming reversal, the Trump administration is rumored to be considering ending the US Postal Service’s quasi-independence and absorbing the company into the federal bureaucracy. The Washington Post reported yesterday, “Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as this week to fire the members of the Postal Service’s governing board and place the agency under the control of the Commerce Department.”
