Trump Postal Reform Plan Mirrors USPS Efforts

President Trump’s budget recommendations of the U.S. Postal Service line up with the USPS’ stated goals of cutting service and raising prices. It includes:

— Give USPS authority to reduce mail delivery frequency from six to five days per week
— Allow USPS to shift more deliveries from the doorstep to curbside and cluster boxes.
— Enhance USPS governance to ensure sound financial management.
— Increase USPS’s freedom to set rates to raises $9 billion in additional revenues.
— Lower employee costs through reductions to pension and health benefits.
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