Before the Depression and World War 2, the only interaction most Americans had with the federal government was when they went to the post office. It’s one of the oldest federal institutions, having been there since the founding, and it’s one federal agency that, unlike so many others, is specifically authorized in the Constitution; Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, gives Congress the power to “…establish Post Offices and post Roads.”
That doesn’t mean the Postal Service is immune from being expected to operate efficiently or that its operations couldn’t use some modernization and improvement. Now we can chalk up another win for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The United States Postal Service will be working with the DOGE to cut billions from their budget.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy plans to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from…
