According to reports, President-elect Donald Trump is considering privatizing the United States Postal Service (USPS). washington post.
Three people familiar with the matter told the outlet that President Trump had been discussing implementing an “overhaul” of the U.S. Postal Service with his nominee for Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick.
President Trump's plans for reforming the Postal Service are “not immediately clear,” one person said. said The media reported that President Trump met with a “group of transition officials” and asked for their opinions on “privatizing the government.”
As Breitbart News reported, President Trump previously criticized the U.S. Postal Service as a “joke.”
President Trump suggested the Postal Service would “increase the price by about four times” on packages to get out of debt.
A task force created by President Trump during his first term as president recommended that the U.S. Postal Service consider: increase Shipping costs for certain packages, according to Axios.
“Government is slow, slow, slow, slow to adopt new practices for decades, and there are many challenges.” [other] “Transportation services, which were legalized in the 1970s, have fared much better, increasing volume and reducing costs,” said Casey Mulligan, chief economist at the Council of Economic Advisers during Trump's first term. Ta. post. “I couldn't finish my work during the first semester, but I'll finish it now.''
