(08-18-2020 01:55 PM)At Ease Wrote:  The privatization of the postal service is an interesting topic, but should be its own thread. The more immediate threat and topic here is whether the administration is actively working to sabotage the capacity of the postal service to handle the workload associated with the mail-in voting that will be needed during this pandemic, because Democrats tend to vote 3x more often by mail than Republicans.

Relevant to that, today:

Quote:US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has announced he is suspending cost-cutting operational changes until after the November elections, after days of widespread outcry and claims Donald Trump was deliberately slowing down the mail to help his re-election effort.

In a statement, DeJoy announced he was suspending the changes to “avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...y-election

I would expect there to be pushback to also reverse the damages that have already been done (reported 600+ sorting machines that have been decommissioned).

Seems obvious and was addressed in the first few responses to this thread.

Reforming of the USPS, including the elimination of sorting machines in light of a (from memory, may be off) 30% drop in volume makes a lot of sense to people on both sides of the aisle.