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Cutting money to the only government agency that can actually turn a decent profit, in order to save money. How very republican.
USPS ~~turns~~ might turn a profit now that the ridiculous rules that republicans put in to try to bankrupt it have been revoked.
Wait, really?
https://apwu.org/postal-service-reform-act-2022
There is proof that we fixed it.
Here is an analysis done in 2019 that says that stupid requirement was the only reason the USPS hadn't been profitable since 2006 when the republicans originally passed the crap.
https://ips-dc.org/how-congress-manufactured-a-postal-crisis-and-how-to-fix-it/
I'm unable to find profits, but they generated $77 billion in revenue for 2023
Know that I wasn’t doubting you, I just didn’t want to get my hopes up for nothing.
Here’s the next radical idea I’ve heard; have the post office offer simple banking services.
Wow, I had no idea that they actually fixed the problem that they created.
Sad that they're still going to privatize it along with every other federal agency....
Hmm, I wonder if we could make a public business for auditing, and work with the IRS. Full transparency and stuff maybe. I don't know how much work this is, but apparently there's a bucket of money to be made for getting it back, just make it a percent amount of recovered funds?
Open to thoughts, or if this already exists - let me know.