fun fact! The 2006 "Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act" that permanently wrecks the Postal Services budget was co-sponsored by two Democrats and passed by a voice vote
This is not actually a fun fact, this is just yet another example of how centrist "reforms" lay the groundwork for far right sabotage
tfw all you wanted to do was screw the unions, smash labor, and force the postal service to do the dirty work for Amazon, UPS, and FedEx, but then Trump came along and used your neoliberalism to smash democracy. #whoops
Trashing the postal service might only be a *goal* of the libertarian far right, but because saving it has never been a liberal priority, welp, here we are
Since a lot of corporate interests benefit from the damage done to the Postal Service--and hope to benefit more from the fire sale to come--a lot of Democrats are positively incentivized to sit on their hands. The USPS wouldn't be such a cash cow for Amazon if it weren't broke.
something about how maybe "writing a letter" isn't the solution to this, but I guess the postal service got the money for a stamp speaker.gov/sites/speaker.…
"we wrote a letter to the guy that Trump appointed to destroy the postal service and rig the election for him and in that letter we asked him not to do those things, not sure what else we can do, let's hope it works"
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