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04-14-2020, 06:05 AM
Trump’s Vendetta Against Jeff Bezos Could Destroy the Postal Service
The president reportedly
threatened to veto the $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package if funds went to the USPS,
which comes as he ramps up opposition to voting by mail in November.
The United States Postal Service has warned that it will “run out of cash” by the fall without intervention—
and Donald Trump appears unwilling to help.
the president vowed to veto (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/11/post-office-bailout-trump/) the $2 trillion rescue package Congress passed last month if it contained any bailout money for this crucial independent agency,
which has been under additional strain due to the coronavirus crisis.
He has instead called for USPS to “raise the prices” on companies like Amazon.
“They ought to do that, and we are looking into it,” the president said Wednesday.
“We’ve been pushing them now for over a year.”
Trump has frequently attacked USPS,
roping the agency into his long-running blood feud with Amazon and its founder,
Jeff Bezos, who also owns another Trump target: the Washington Post.
Trump has said (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/981168344924536832) the company costs the postal service “massive amounts of money for being their Delivery Boy,”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/trumps-vendetta-against-jeff-bezos-could-destroy-the-postal-service?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=vf&utm_mailing=VF_Hive_041420&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bd6795524c17c1048022fcc&cndid=43758549&hasha=992d608214b505003aa04bf10a595031&hashb=542eb31d958e85ddd5a4c3ccf3faae18526a77bd&hashc=54b3612ab970ce13a64a16665b1987080ca5b72e2ee7 62b722fbba6ab378f2f5&esrc=bounceX&utm_campaign=VF_Hive_041420&utm_term=VYF_Hive
Repugs / oligarchy have long wanted to destroy the USPS,
that's why the Repugs made USPS fund its retirement for 75 years ahead,
and after destruction, hand the USPS to privatizers,
who will close 1000s of offices, layoffs 100Ks of unionized employees, and deliver shitty service for much higher prices, as Capitalism always does.
The president reportedly
threatened to veto the $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package if funds went to the USPS,
which comes as he ramps up opposition to voting by mail in November.
The United States Postal Service has warned that it will “run out of cash” by the fall without intervention—
and Donald Trump appears unwilling to help.
the president vowed to veto (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/11/post-office-bailout-trump/) the $2 trillion rescue package Congress passed last month if it contained any bailout money for this crucial independent agency,
which has been under additional strain due to the coronavirus crisis.
He has instead called for USPS to “raise the prices” on companies like Amazon.
“They ought to do that, and we are looking into it,” the president said Wednesday.
“We’ve been pushing them now for over a year.”
Trump has frequently attacked USPS,
roping the agency into his long-running blood feud with Amazon and its founder,
Jeff Bezos, who also owns another Trump target: the Washington Post.
Trump has said (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/981168344924536832) the company costs the postal service “massive amounts of money for being their Delivery Boy,”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/trumps-vendetta-against-jeff-bezos-could-destroy-the-postal-service?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=vf&utm_mailing=VF_Hive_041420&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bd6795524c17c1048022fcc&cndid=43758549&hasha=992d608214b505003aa04bf10a595031&hashb=542eb31d958e85ddd5a4c3ccf3faae18526a77bd&hashc=54b3612ab970ce13a64a16665b1987080ca5b72e2ee7 62b722fbba6ab378f2f5&esrc=bounceX&utm_campaign=VF_Hive_041420&utm_term=VYF_Hive
Repugs / oligarchy have long wanted to destroy the USPS,
that's why the Repugs made USPS fund its retirement for 75 years ahead,
and after destruction, hand the USPS to privatizers,
who will close 1000s of offices, layoffs 100Ks of unionized employees, and deliver shitty service for much higher prices, as Capitalism always does.