Summary

Donald Trump is considering privatizing the US Postal Service due to its financial losses, a move that could disrupt shipping and push hundreds of thousands of federal workers out of government.

Citing the USPS’s financial losses, Trump argued the agency should not rely on government subsidies.

While his specific privatization plans remain unclear, Trump previously clashed with the USPS during his first term, attempting to shift control of key functions like labor relations and rate-setting to the Treasury Department.

This move could significantly alter the structure and operations of the USPS if implemented.

  • Flying Squid
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    11 day ago

    No, it is just not evidence. You are acting like political beliefs in rural areas are evenly-distributed when they absolutely are not.

    Are you really suggesting that a very blue rural county in Vermont has people with the same politics as a very red rural county in Montana?

    Otherwise, it’s simply not evidence of anything other than rural voters are more right wing in aggregate.

    • @Modern_medicine_isnt
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      122 hours ago

      You can submit just about anything as evidence in court. So the bar to call something evidence is really low. Not sure why that’s the hill you want to die on when there are far better ones.
      And you know I am not suggesting anything is uniform. But I was referring to an election result. So it’s just the percent that matters in the end.

      • Flying Squid
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        119 hours ago

        “Everything anyone says is evidence” is not the argument you think it is.

          • Flying Squid
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            18 hours ago

            Amazing you think that rejecting the claim that everything anyone says is evidence is a “witty comeback” and not just a rejection of something absolutely ludicrous.