Republicans can't stop wasting money: they want to scrap USPS' awesome EVs
electrek.co
An opportunity to waste money, harm the environment, put your kids at risk, AND increase labor costs? Republicans are all over it.
  • artifex@piefed.socialEnglish
    106·
    4 days ago

    Plus speedrunning the financial failure of the USPS will let them dismantle and privatize it

    • nathanjent@programming.dev
      17·
      3 days ago

      Then Trump can roll out his Uber-like mail service company where the workers provide their own vehicles and 60% more mail goes “missing” in transit.

    • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      I recall they forced massive retirement debt on uses to cause downfall

      Most federal agencies receive annual congressional appropriations to contribute towards CSRS and FERS. The Postal Service does not. Instead, it’s required to pay retirement contributions with agency revenue. USPS’s retirement costs are significant, totaling $10 billion in 2023 alone.