My grandmother had a saying: “You could die from improvements.” That couldn’t be more true of public-service-hating Elon Musk’s DOGE, in general. In this case, it’s Postmaster Louis DeJoy’s plan to work with DOGE to bring “further efficiencies” to the U.S. Postal Service.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy plans to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget and he’ll do that working with Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to a letter sent to members of Congress on Thursday.
DOGE will assist USPS with addressing “big problems” at the $78 billion-a-year agency, which has sometimes struggled in recent years to stay afloat. The agreement also includes the General Services Administration in an effort to help the Postal Service identify and achieve “further efficiencies.”
It’s not just me calling this a step toward privatization.
More from AP:
Critics of the agreement fear negative effects of the cuts will be felt across America. Democratic U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly of Virginia, who was sent the letter, said turning over the Postal Service to DOGE would result in it being undermined and privatized.
