Good question! Hopefully, President Trump will do it!
"“President-elect Donald Trump has expressed a keen interest in privatizing the US Postal Service [USPS] in recent weeks,” reports the Washington Post. The article discusses Trump’s long-standing complaints about the postal agency and possible reforms in the spirit of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
The article mentions hurdles to privatization, but ongoing declines in letter volume mean that the status quo is not an option. First-class mail has plunged from 104 billion pieces in 2000 to 46 billion by 2023. On a per-capita basis, 2023’s mail volume was just 37 percent of 2000’s. Congress provides the USPS with a legal monopoly over mail, but mail is a dying industry. ..."
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