Trump Says He’s Looking Into Privatizing US Postal Service (Connecting the Dots: The U.S. Postal Service (USPS), BAE Systems Inc., The Third Way & Soros Funding, All Networking)
The
U.S. Postal Service has been struggling financially for years.
The
Epoch Times
By
Zachary Stieber 12/17/2024 Updated:12/17/2024
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-says-hes-looking-into-privatizing-us-postal-service-5777812
President-elect
Donald Trump said on Dec. 16 that it’s possible that the U.S.
Postal Service (USPS) could be privatized.
“There
is talk about the Postal Service being taken private,” Trump told reporters at
an unrelated press conference, after being asked about his thoughts on the
USPS. “Not the worst idea I’ve ever heard, really isn’t.”
A
reporter mentioned Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as someone who could take over the
USPS and streamline the operation.
“It’s
a lot different today between Amazon and UPS and FedEx, and all the things that
you didn’t have,” Trump said. “But there is talk about that, it’s an idea that
a lot of people have liked for a long time. We’re looking at it.”
During
Trump’s first term, the White House in a government reform plan noted that the
USPS has repeatedly defaulted and called the agency’s current model
unsustainable.
“Major
changes are needed in how the Postal Service is financed and the level of
service Americans should expect from their universal service operator,” the
plan stated.
“One successful model of Postal reform internationally has been to transition
to a model of private management and private or shared ownership.”
The
benefits of transitioning the USPS to the private sector would include a
greater ability to adjust pricing and negotiate pay and benefits for workers.
President
Joe Biden opposes privatization. In 2022, he signed legislation providing USPS
with about $50 billion in financial relief over 10 years.
The
USPS also received a $10 billion loan in
2020 for pandemic-related expenses, which was later forgiven.
The
American Postal Workers Union, which represents USPS employees, is among the
entities that have said that privatization would cause problems, including
making it more difficult to send and receive mail.
Trump
at some point in his second term is set to receive recommendations from the
Department of Government Efficiency, an outside group led by businessmen Elon
Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The men have said the panel will focus on ways to
make the government more efficient by cutting waste.
The
USPS, which has about 525,000 workers, lost $9.5 billion in fiscal year 2024,
which ended on Sept. 30. The service also has more than 700,000 retirees
relying on its pensions and has tens of billions in liabilities.
Postmaster
General Louis DeJoy, who was appointed by the USPS Board of Governors in 2020,
told members of Congress during a Dec. 10 hearing
that he’s implemented some changes aimed at modernizing the USPS. “Moving
forward, we will aggressively focus on cost control, revenue growth, and
innovative service offerings that meet the needs of our customers at reasonable
prices,” he said.
DeJoy
also asked Congress to lower the service’s costs for retiree benefits, revise
the agency’s pricing scheme, and give the agency more funding.
Rep.
James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight
and Accountability Committee, said during the hearing
that he thinks it would be too difficult to privatize the entire USPS because
“nobody wants to deliver the mail to every house in America, six days a week,
and to operate all of those retail postal facilities.”
Some
tasks, such as mail sorting, can be handed off to private companies, he added.
DeJoy
said he'd work with the incoming administration and Congress to consider
various options.
“The
goal of the Postal Service is to break even,” he said. “And we’re not doing
that.”
Connecting
the Dots:
Margaret D. Noyes is
the art director & designer for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
and married to Gregory B. Craig.
Gregory B. Craig is
married to Margaret D. Noyes, a trustee at the German
Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank), a partner at Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, was the White House counsel for
the Barack Obama administration and a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
German
Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank) was a
funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Lee H. Hamilton is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
director at the BAE Systems Inc.
D. Michael
Bennett is the SVP for BAE Systems Inc., and a member
nominee for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
Margaret D. Noyes is
the art director & designer for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
and married to Gregory B. Craig.
Gregory B. Craig is
married to Margaret D. Noyes, a trustee at the German
Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank), a partner at Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, was the White House counsel for
the Barack Obama administration and a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Antoinette Cook
Bush was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP and is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s stepdaughter.
Christina M.
Tchen was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP and is the chief of staff to the first lady (Michelle Obama)
for the Barack Obama administration.
Gregory B. Craig is
a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, married
to Margaret D. Noyes, a trustee at the German Marshall Fund
of the United States (think tank), was the White House counsel for
the Barack Obama administration, and a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
German Marshall Fund of the United States (think
tank) was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank).
Margaret D. Noyes is
married to Gregory B. Craig and the art director & designer for
the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
D. Michael
Bennett is a member nominee for the U.S. Postal Service
and the SVP for BAE Systems Inc.
Lee H. Hamilton is
a director at the BAE Systems Inc. and an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle and Antoinette
Cook Bush’s stepfather.
Antoinette Cook
Bush is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s stepdaughter, and was a
partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Christina M.
Tchen was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP and is the chief of staff to the first lady (Michelle Obama)
for the Barack Obama administration.
Gregory B. Craig is
a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, married
to Margaret D. Noyes, a trustee at the German Marshall Fund
of the United States (think tank), was the White House counsel for
the Barack Obama administration and a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
German
Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank) was a
funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder
for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Margaret D. Noyes is
married to Gregory B. Craig and the art director & designer for
the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
Preston R. Tisch was the
postmaster general for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and Laurence
A. Tisch’s brother.
Laurence A. Tisch was
Preston R. Tisch’s brother and Andrew H. Tisch’s father.
Andrew H. Tisch is
Laurence A. Tisch’s son and a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle and Antoinette
Cook Bush’s stepfather.
Lee H. Hamilton is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
director at the BAE Systems Inc.
D. Michael
Bennett is the SVP for BAE Systems Inc. and a member
nominee for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
Thurgood
Marshall Jr. was a board of governor’s member for the U.S.
Postal Service and is a trustee at the Third Way.
Bernard
and Irene Schwartz Foundation was a funder for the Third Way,
the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation and the New
America Foundation.
Bernard L.
Schwartz is the chairman emeritus for the Third Way, a
co-founder for the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, was a
funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation and a
funder & director for the New America Foundation.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
George Soros is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations, Jonathan
Soros’s father and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the New America Foundation.
Jonathan Soros is a director at
the New America Foundation and George Soros’s son.
Resources:
Past Research
How
The USPS Loses Money Despite Government-Granted Mail Monopoly (Past Research on the U.S. Postal Service)
Friday,
April 1, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/04/how-usps-loses-money-despite-government.html
Going
Postal (Past Research on the U.S. Postal Service)
Tuesday,
October 29, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/10/going-postal.html
New
USPS Whistleblower in Philly suburb Elkins Park Details Orders To Stop
Delivering Pro-Trump Mail (Past Research on the U.S.
Postal Service)
Friday,
November 13, 2020
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