The reason #SaveUSPS is trending is bc of reporting that Trump threatened to veto all Stimulus Plan funding if there was $ for USPS-in favor of the higher shipping rates of Amazon etc.. which he believes (incorrectly) will 'right' their budget.
WTF??
washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
WTF??
washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
2-"[USPS] has withered during the pandemic. The USPS needs an infusion of money, and President Trump has blocked potential emergency funding for the agency that employs around 600,000 workers, repeating instead the false claim that higher rates for Internet shipping companies
3-"Amazon, FedEx and UPS would right the service’s budget. Trump threatened to veto the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or Cares Act, if the legislation contained any money directed to bail out the postal agency, according to a senior
4-"Trump administration official and a congressional official who, like others in this report, spoke on the condition of anonymity...Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) added a last-minute $10 billion Treasury Department loan to the Cares Act to keep the agency
5-"on firmer ground through the spring of 2020, according to a Democratic committee aide. Lawmakers originally agreed to a $13 billion direct grant the Postal Service would not have to repay. That effort was blocked by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who warned such a move
6-"could blow up the relief bill. A committee aide said Mnuchin told lawmakers during negotiations: “You can have a loan, or you can have nothing at all.” ~WaPo
