re: #195 BeachDem

Speaking of sucking…

If Congress does not pass legislation that would save the Postal Service from financial collapse before the end of its current session, the future of the country’s mail service will be in the hands of a senator who opposes government unions and thinks the Postal Service should be privatized.

In January, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is slated to take over as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees the federal workforce and the entire Postal Service. Johnson has said that the Postal Service should go through a bankruptcy process that would result in a downsized, private corporation that would lose the benefits of governmental oversight and regulation…

thinkprogress.org

Senator Johnson’s Wisconsin constituents will no doubt be pleased when they find out what it will cost them to mail a letter or package to, say, California if the USPS is privatized. Residents of Alaska will be even more pleased. Not only that, Amazon, among others, relies on the USPS for last mile delivery. People thrown out of work, increased costs for consumers, that’s a Republican plan for you.