US Postmaster Louis DeJoy infuriated Democrats on Thursday. He revealed that he has signed a government efficiency deal for Elon Musk.
DeJoy, who was appointed President Donald Trump during his first term,
It's attracting attention In a letter to legislators, USPS is undergoing a transformation from “abused government bureaucracy with substantial financial losses directed at collapse” into a functional and financially sound organisation.
USPS, an organization with 635,000 employees;
It has been reported A net loss of $9.5 billion in 2024 and a net loss of $6.5 billion in 2023. I warned Last year, unless taxpayer-funded relief or taxpayer-funded funding, it was headed towards extinction.
Dejoy wrote in his letter, “The pace of rescue and change required to transform this organization is far beyond most normal turnaround efforts. The scale of our daily operations is unprecedented and extraordinary, our infrastructure has deteriorated significantly over many years of underinvestment, and our operating practices have never been adjusted to change in our business.
USPS has saved $10 billion a year in recent years, allowing it to reduce some costs by renegotiating air and ground transportation contracts. By cutting the headquarters' workforce by 20%, it saved more than $200 million a year in services. And by canning 30,000 workers since 2021. These and other changes have helped USPS open up a way to change its nearly $1 billion in profits in recent quarters.
Despite these successes, Dejoy showed that additional assistance from Doge was accepted to move distances.
“We need to privatize everything we can.”
“I signed contracts with the General Services Bureau and Doge representatives to help identify further efficiencies,” writes Dejoy. “This is an effort that is in line with our efforts. There is a lot to do while we are accomplishing so we are delighted to have others there to support us in our valuable causes.”
In addition to withdrawing 10,000 workers over the next 30 days through a voluntary early retirement program, Dejoy highlighted many issues that could save billions of dollars if resolved with the help of Doge. Among the issues identified are
- “Actuarial miscalculation of our own-funded retirement assets and retirement obligations” clearly resulted in unnecessary additional charges of billions of dollars each year.
- Improper management of postal workers' compensation programs clearly results in annual costs of around $400 million.
- Costs of $6 billion to $11 billion in unfinanced mandatory costs imposed on services by law. and
- “A burdensome regulatory requirements limiting normal business practices,” the Postal Regulation Commission said Dejoy is “an unnecessary institution that has damaged more than $50 billion in postal services,” preventing the timely and necessary changes needed to succeed as a self-provided company in a competitive environment.”
“The Doge team was elegant enough to ask for the big issues they could help us,” Dejoy added.
The Postmaster requested that lawmakers be on board and engage with USPS and Doge representatives. It “needs to adapt to the necessary changes involved, and to fix past flaws that must be fixed and to be fixed.”
The prospect that Doge will work with the postal service to ensure it will not only survive but thrive has angered the lonely Democrats who thought this was a proverb hill to dying.
Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.), ranking member of the House Committee on Surveillance and Government Reform;
It is listed“The only bad thing for postal services than DeJoy's 'American Delivery' plan is to hand over the services to Elon Musk and Doge.
DeJoy's letter did not provide a clear reference to privatization, but Connolly may have referenced the reference to masks.
suggestion Last week, “everything can be privatized,” including the post office.
“This surrender will have devastating consequences for all Americans, especially those hard to reach in rural areas. They rely on postal services every day to deliver mail, medicines, votes and more,” Connolly added.
Brian Renfro, president of the National Letter Career Association, has shown he is aware of the agreement between the USPS, GSA and Doge, saying that he will “continue to closely monitor the situation and fight hellishly against attacks on the rights and privacy of NALC members.”
Renfroe
It's attracting attentionHowever, changing the policy to “change the postmaster's proposed policy as “necessary to improve the financial viability of the postmaster” adds NALC, and welcomes “help of those who influence and ultimately enact the Congress and administration.”
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