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minus-square@AngryCommieKenderlink13•6 days agohttps://apwu.org/postal-service-reform-act-2022 There is proof that we fixed it. Here is an analysis done in 2019 that says that stupid requirement was the only reason the USPS hadn’t been profitable since 2006 when the republicans originally passed the crap. https://ips-dc.org/how-congress-manufactured-a-postal-crisis-and-how-to-fix-it/ I’m unable to find profits, but they generated $77 billion in revenue for 2023
minus-square@AtariDumplink4•6 days agoKnow that I wasn’t doubting you, I just didn’t want to get my hopes up for nothing. Here’s the next radical idea I’ve heard; have the post office offer simple banking services.
minus-square@VenerosolinkEnglish2•5 days agoWow, I had no idea that they actually fixed the problem that they created. Sad that they’re still going to privatize it along with every other federal agency…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•5 days ago Wow, I had no idea that [the Democrats] actually fixed the problem that [the Republicans] created.
Wait, really?
https://apwu.org/postal-service-reform-act-2022
There is proof that we fixed it.
Here is an analysis done in 2019 that says that stupid requirement was the only reason the USPS hadn’t been profitable since 2006 when the republicans originally passed the crap.
https://ips-dc.org/how-congress-manufactured-a-postal-crisis-and-how-to-fix-it/
I’m unable to find profits, but they generated $77 billion in revenue for 2023
Know that I wasn’t doubting you, I just didn’t want to get my hopes up for nothing.
Here’s the next radical idea I’ve heard; have the post office offer simple banking services.
Wow, I had no idea that they actually fixed the problem that they created.
Sad that they’re still going to privatize it along with every other federal agency…