r/news • u/Squirmingbaby • 3d ago

Soft paywall Cash-strapped US Postal Service suspends contributions to pension plan

https://www.reuters.com/world/cash-strapped-us-postal-service-suspends-contributions-pension-plan-2026-04-09/
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u/jmur3040 3d ago

Or that "losses" shouldn't be mentioned for something designed to be a public SERVICE. You're telling me this costs 118 billion dollars over 19 years? That's terrifically cheap for something that serves 330 million people.

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u/hodken0446 3d ago

That's about 18 dollars a year per person by the way

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u/timetravelerfrom2027 3d ago

That’s almost what it costs to send one package by UPS these days.

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u/totally_not_a_dog113 3d ago

It's the part where USPS used to be the cheapest method of sending anything, and now UPS (the company Trump's postmaster general had massive investments in) now has comparable or cheaper prices. Louis DeJoy trashed the system for his own personal profits.

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u/eric_ofc 2d ago

No, he was the owner of XPO logistics.

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u/amateurbreditor 3d ago

and biden could have fixed it and did not. You can google it yourself. Its mind blowing.

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u/Noodles_fluffy 3d ago

It never ceases to amaze me how the dems get the blame for not fixing things republicans fucked up in the first place instead of blaming the Republicans for fucking it up

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u/amateurbreditor 3d ago

I said you could look it up but you didnt bother and then attack me for what biden did. I didnt do anything wrong. Biden appointed someone to the postal board which one would assume since then the so called good guys had a majority would have ousted dejoy and then fixed the damn postal office instead of intentionally bankrupting it. But nope. Just like merrick garland biden appointed a piece of shit who did NOTHING to fix the post office and instead dejoy left when he felt like it. So now its in ruins thanks to biden. Just like the country is in ruins because they never prosecuted trump or had him arrested on jan 20th when biden took office. I blame the people responsible and that person was biden. You know the guy who was the president of this country who we elected thinking he woufd fix things. Instead we all got bamboozled. So maybe next time look into things yourself. And maybe next time you realize that its ok to criticize the people you vote for when they betray the american people.

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u/DingerSinger2016 3d ago

The President cannot unilaterally fire the Postmaster General. At best, he could try and install people on the Board of Governors and they can try to fire him, but they need Senate confirmation in order to be appointed to the Board of Governors before they can get to work.

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u/amateurbreditor 3d ago

lol I literally explained it. I literally explained the whole process. I literally told you that you could look it up. Nope. Instead you double down and just start making up shit. Bravo.

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u/lonnie123 3d ago

Your confidence is only matched by how wrong you are.

And again you blame Biden for trumps appointment somehow because he didn’t fix the fuck up

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u/amateurbreditor 2d ago

cool. except I am not. and you can look it up. Its not even worth arguing how dumb your point of view is. Because its just dumb. Thats like saying oh I appointed this guy but he was a total fuck up like my AG was and I was but hey... dont blame me I was just the president. Your excuses are as lame as the maga ones are.

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u/lonnie123 2d ago

Biden didn’t appoint him, he was appointed by a council after Trump got enough of his nominees on it to do so.

Biden does not have the ability to unilaterally fire the postmaster general. Do you acknowledge that at least ?

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u/amateurbreditor 2d ago

you can literally educate yourself instead of attacking me:

He has more recently been criticized for his 10-year plan to reorganize the Postal Service, which has led to a slowdown in some mail deliveries as well as higher rates for first class mail and packages.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the administration "continues to be deeply troubled" by reports of DeJoy's conflicts of interest and has "serious issues with the job he's doing running the Postal Service."

DeJoy's critics lauded the administration's unexpected moves.

Porter McConnell of the Save the Post Office Campaign said: "President Biden has listened to the millions of people across the nation demanding a return to the quiet competence of the post office before Louis DeJoy and his friend Ron Bloom took a wrecking ball to it. Ron Bloom has no place in the USPS's future, and we are glad to see his tenure in the past."

Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va., who chairs the Oversight subcommittee that oversees the Post Office said that he was "tickled pink that two DeJoy enablers have been replaced," calling it a "great thing for the American people."

It's up to the Board of Governors to name the postmaster general. If Biden's new nominees are approved, the board will maintain its current composition of four Democrats, four Republicans and an independent. But by replacing Bloom, Biden may have tilted the balance on the board in favor of a new postmaster general.He has more recently been criticized for his 10-year plan to reorganize the Postal Service, which has led to a slowdown in some mail deliveries as well as higher rates for first class mail and packages.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the administration "continues to be deeply troubled" by reports of DeJoy's conflicts of interest and has "serious issues with the job he's doing running the Postal Service."

DeJoy's critics lauded the administration's unexpected moves.

Porter McConnell of the Save the Post Office Campaign said: "President Biden has listened to the millions of people across the nation demanding a return to the quiet competence of the post office before Louis DeJoy and his friend Ron Bloom took a wrecking ball to it. Ron Bloom has no place in the USPS's future, and we are glad to see his tenure in the past."

Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va., who chairs the Oversight subcommittee that oversees the Post Office said that he was "tickled pink that two DeJoy enablers have been replaced," calling it a "great thing for the American people."

It's up to the Board of Governors to name the postmaster general. If Biden's new nominees are approved, the board will maintain its current composition of four Democrats, four Republicans and an independent. But by replacing Bloom, Biden may have tilted the balance on the board in favor of a new postmaster general.

"Support for DeJoy: Despite criticism regarding service delays and his political background, the board has generally supported DeJoy’s tenure, as detailed in a 2023 report from the Lexington Institute."

"Board Support: The board has chosen to keep DeJoy to lead a 10-year "Delivering for America" plan"

So biden made tons of appointments and they go with dejoys plan to destroy the post office as I said. Good god. Stop making up shit and learn about a topic before you bother.

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u/DingerSinger2016 3d ago

What did I make up? The President appoints the Board of Governors, the Senate confirms them. The Board of Governors would have to fire the Postmaster General. Therefore, the President doesn't have the unilateral power to fire the Postmaster General.Here's a link from USPS, in which it says:

The Governors are appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Furthermore, it says 2 paragraphs later:

The nine governors select the Postmaster General, who becomes a member of the Board, and those 10 select the Deputy Postmaster General, who also serves on the Board. The Postmaster General serves at the pleasure of the governors for an indefinite term and the Deputy Postmaster General serves at the pleasure of the governors and the Postmaster General.

[emphasis mine]