Farewell to the US Postal Service – more than 10,000 employees will be laid off following the agreement signed with DOGE by Laura M. 03/20/2025 A season full of twists is coming to the United States, as the United States Postal Service (USPS) has confirmed that more than 10,000 employees will be laid off as part of a plan to cut costs and address the financial crisis. This downsizing comes alongside an agreement with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an entity led by Elon Musk. Supposedly, this measure aims to optimize public spending in the country, like many other initiatives being implemented, but the announcement has not been well received by the community. Many believe this could be a strategy to privatize USPS and weaken one of the most essential services for citizens, especially in rural and remote areas.
My letter to reps:
I want the postal service to remain the U.S. postal service and continue serving the people with mail delivery without regard for profitability. The USPS should be expanded in government services and never privatized. The USPS was founded and well into the 1800s operated as a heavily subsidized news and information dissemination system, and it could do that again for the benefit of us all.
Feel free to copy or repurpose the contents of my letter for your own letters to reps.