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Gabe Ortíz
“Unlike for-profit entities, such as FedEx and UPS, our postal service is required to send mail and parcels to remote areas of the United States and as such is a necessary service that millions of Americans rely upon to, quite literally, live.” https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/this-is-how-magas-plan-to-privatize?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2686450&post_id=153281411&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1psrs&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
This is How MAGA's Plan to Privatize USPS Will Enrich the Broligarchy and Screw the Rest of Us

Donald Trump is "looking at" privatizing USPS as a means of enriching his billionaire buddies at the expense of harming his base, gutting necessary services, and selling America to the highest bidder.

The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali
Dec 17, 2024 at 10:34pmWeb
Show threadGabe OrtízDec 17, 2024
"People who live in rural communities often don’t have access to high-speed internet or other mail providers. As such, USPS is their 'lifeline' to the rest of the world. People still receive physical checks and thousands of small businesses need USPS’s rates and universal service or else they’ll be forced to shut down."
Show threadGabe OrtízDec 17, 2024

"It’s a remarkable service that was never meant to be 'for profit' and is so essential that it’s one of the few government agencies that is explicitly mentioned and authorized in our Constitution, the same document that Trump infamously said he’d 'terminate' back in the day."

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/this-is-how-magas-plan-to-privatize?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2686450&post_id=153281411&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1psrs&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

This is How MAGA's Plan to Privatize USPS Will Enrich the Broligarchy and Screw the Rest of Us

Donald Trump is "looking at" privatizing USPS as a means of enriching his billionaire buddies at the expense of harming his base, gutting necessary services, and selling America to the highest bidder.

The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali
Show threada fish named dog ✡️♾️Dec 18, 2024
@tusk81 I was going to say that in the Constititution the post is mandated like the military but you don't hear anyone wanting to privatize the military but then I remebered that (a) that's the argument about trying to make USPS profitable (good, profitable, constitutional, pick two) and (b) they absolutely do do that.
Show threadChilly Dee WilliamsDec 18, 2024
@tusk81 I was recently telling my sister that mail gets delivered to the bottom of the Grand Canyon every day and that is mail became privatized it's hard to imagine that would continue.
Show threadOf Bookish ThingsDec 18, 2024

@tusk81

Many folks, here in Canada, did not understand that the recent Canadian Postal strike included this issue. Harper's Conservative intentionally undermined the Canada Post to undermine it financially. Now, Canada Post is looking to reduce workers, which will mean rural and isolated northern communities will be without service or have to rely on privatized services. The Liberals did nothing to repair the damage the Conservatives did.

That's why we Canadians need the NDP leading the country, instead of nudging & cajoling the Liberals to follow through on progressive policy.

Show threadMishari MuqbilDec 18, 2024

@tusk81 in Thailand we privatised our mail system, I think they work much better now, with innovative services such as hooking up to CRMs, sending of motorcycles, and franchisee drop off points. Government still has control by owning the shares, but there's a lot of flexibility about how they manage it including signing contracts with suppliers.

There's been no issues with service quality, or reach.

Show threadOffbeatmammalDec 18, 2024
@tusk81 funny how the USPS operates "at a loss", yet the Military costs many times more with no apparent issue.
Show threadDoreen32128 ready to rumble!Dec 18, 2024
@tusk81  Sell to the highest bidder! 
Show threadEdricDec 18, 2024
@tusk81 Royal Mail (the UK postal service) was privatised just over ten years ago and whilst it still has a mandate to deliver to remote communities, it constantly reduces those services wherever it can. It has also been ruthlessly asset stripped over the last ten years, so that what was once a highly automated mail sorting and delivery service now seems to rely largely on random chance.