I, and many others, disagree with that premise which is part of the reason he is not popular.

That USPS needs to be profitable (it's a us govt service for the people). And that there were (bill just fixed it) onerous requirements that made 'profit' basically impossible.

For me it's also political. It's hard for me to separate his political agenda from things that materially impact elections.

Unfortunately the law doesn't align with that view. USPS is not being funded by government, but by postage. Unfortunately, the volume of mail has dropped by about 50% in the last two decades.

And since USPS can't cut unprofitable routes and can't raise postage prices above inflation, again because of legislation, there are only few options left.

Unless the Congress decides to directly fund USPS, or let them raise more money, the cost cutting is the only way forward.

"The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) required the USPS to create a $72 billion fund to pay for the cost of its post-retirement health care costs, 75 years into the future. *This burden applies to no other federal agency or private corporation*." [1]

[1] https://ips-dc.org/how-congress-manufactured-a-postal-crisis...

>This burden applies to no other federal agency or private corporation."

Pensions for retired employees are, generally speaking, paid by the contributions of today's employees. No other federal agency has a business that is guaranteed to continue declining in volume and revenue. Congress recognized this in 2006; this is why said law was passed near unanimously. Better a decade of pain, than to not have USPS pensions fully funded in the future.

And as for the private companies that are also guaranteed to be declining in revenue, I bet a lot of retirees of newspaper publishing companies wish that their employers had been required to similarly bulk up their pension plans c. 2005.

Find it hard to believe mail has declined. We're shipping packages at record rates through online shopping, which at the unit level can be charged more than pennies like letters were.

First, the USPS as a US service need not be profitable. They were also fiscally sound _until_ the Bush administration abruptly changed the rules of establishing pension liabilities as current https://theweek.com/articles/767184/how-george-bush-broke-po...

The election thing with the post office was never real. It was fictional drama created by the media because Trump.

The number of people who believe it's real is astounding.

As proof his policies are continuing exactly as they were before, no change now that the election is over. He's tying to reduce expenses, that's it.

I'm not sure I'd agree that "it's still happening" is synonymous with "it's harmless"

Nor am I clear what you think is real and what fictional. Service reliability, speed, and cost have all demonstrably and intentionally worsened under his helm. This went into effect at the end of last year, for instance: https://archive.ph/snCSy

> Seventy percent of first-class mail sent to Nevada will take longer to arrive, according to The Post’s analysis, as will 60 percent of the deliveries to Florida, 58 percent to Washington state, 57 percent to Montana, and 55 percent to Arizona and Oregon. In all, at least a third of such letters and parcels addressed to 27 states will arrive more slowly under the new standards.

If you feel the Washington Post to be an unreliable source, here's one from a supply chain focused outlet: https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/usps-postal-service-fir...

dejoy and usps did delay changes until after the election - and usps service has greatly reduced (see other comment sources below)

The big changes that would have exasperated this were no overtime, shutting down and moving the bulk sorting machines, changing/closing processing facilities. there was reporting/evidence and photos of some of those large machines being taken out and thrown away.

Even if there were no - or small but inconsequential - material delays in delivery, it's a very common tactic of intimidation and fear/doubt to get what tend to be more democrats to not vote by mail.

spread rumors there will be delays in mail, that it might not get there. or that it is pure fraud.

Builds on old tactics (which still happen) that started with race profiling. police or bugalo whatever at polling stations for 'security,' intimidation that if you make a mistake you will go to jail (even if told by the sos staff you are eligible). so much more.

>The election thing with the post office was never real. It was fictional drama created by the media because Trump.

It's hopeless. I've also tried to point out the logical flaws in peoples' USPS conspiracy theories (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24290622>), with little success. It's just as hopeless to tell people that Congress forcing the USPS to prefund pensions was a) bipartisan and b) a good thing, as opposed to yet another GOP anti-USPS plot.

>Every single decision I've seen him make had just one goal: Save money.

I fail to see how buying gas guzzling vehicles over electric ones will save money in the long term.

It's right in the Post Office press release, explaining how they are cheaper.

And they are not gas guzzling. They get slightly better gas millage then the current vehicle with the A/C on. The entire freak out some people are having is over that.

With the A/C off they do way better than the current ones.

The Post Office has become so politicized it leaves people unable to do basic math.