Saturday, August 8, 2020

TRUMP’S NEW POSTMASTER

President Trump's new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy — Qualifications for the job:

* No Post Office experience.

* Trump campaign donor.

* Clearly laid-out plan to cut overtime for peak mail seasons like General Elections when there will be a major rush to get mail-in ballots to election boards on time, as well as other budgetary restrictions that will tend to make postal services slower and less efficient (including removal of machine-sorters and renewal of hand-sorting in certain jurisdictions).

* Tens of millions of dollars invested in companies that are either USPS providers or competitors (meaning a conflicting interest in protecting his own fees for postal-related services while simultaneously undermining USPS services to create a bigger market for certain of its competitors).

* A loyal Trump supporter, likely to be sensitive to the president's dual purposes of derailing mail-in voting and pushing for privatization of mail services.

Perfect!


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