The Fake Post Office Election Crisis !

SUMMARY:
Leftist lies and misinformation 
are now being applied 
to the US post office. 

The Trump Post Office Collusion Delusion has been added to the Trump Russian Collusion Delusion 
... as Trump's obnoxious personality drives leftists crazy!
 I can't wait for the next evidence free claim by the Democrats attacking Trump. This one was lame:

USPS is an independent agency, mainly self-funded since 1971. The USPS may request an appropriation for public service costs for up to $460 million annually, but has not requested or received this government aid since 1982.

USPS delivers 2.8 billion mail pieces per week. 150 to 200 million individuals casting ballots by mail could be handled. Postal Service spokesman David Partenheimer told FactCheck.org in late June that “the current financial condition is not going to impact [USPS’s] ability to deliver election and political mail this year.” And Postmaster General Louis DeJoy made a similar statement to the Board of Governors earlier this month. DeJoy's job is to balance the budget. Only Congress can decide whether to provide USPS with any funding.

The USPS’s revenue for the fiscal year ending in 2019 was $71.1 billion. The USPS has lost about $78billion since 2007. Including $9 billion in 2019. Because the pandemic has crushed mail volume, it may lose up to $13 billion this year. The USPS business model is not financially sustainable. Congress needs to reevaluate all aspects of the Postal Service's operations.


DETAILS:
The USPS recently asked for an emergency appropriation from Congress, claiming it will be insolvent by August 2021. The demand for shipping letters and flats (large envelopes, newsletters, magazines) declined steadily for over two decades. During COVID-19, mail volume dropped more, while personal protective equipment expenses increased.

USPS sought to borrow $25 billion from the Treasury, for the lost revenues due to COVID-19.  In its fiscal quarter report filed June 30, 2020, USPS indicated that it has “sufficient liquidity to continue operating through at least August 2021.”

The new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is a large donor to President Trump and the Republican National Committee. But Trump is not the first president to put a large donor in a key position. DeJoy does have a long career in logistics and operations, a key skill eeded for managing the complex network of our mailing system.

The Postmaster General is selected by the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors is appointed by the president with advice and consent of the senate. No more than 5 of the 10 Governors may be from the same party. There are currently multiple vacancies on the board.

At the time that DeJoy was appointed, three were Republican and one was Democrat. DeJoy was unanimously selected by that board. DeJoy was appointed in early May, and did not fully transition into his position until June. An additional Democrat and an additional Republican have been appointed since then.

Many communities had significant mail delays and some non-deliveries during their primary elections this year, long before DeJoy took his job. Causes ranged from changing operations to avoid COVID-19 spread, workforce shortages due to COVID-19 quarantines and illness, working out kinks when handling mail voting where it increased substantially, and managing an influx of packages due to increased online shopping.

Changes put into place by DeJoy were mainly: Stay on schedule,  No overtime,  No errors and No duplicate work.  DeJoy did make some changes to the USPS leadership when he became Postmaster General. But leadership changes when there’s a new Postmaster General are typical.

USPS halted removal and transfer of collection boxes until after the election. It realized this was causing an unjustified panic. It costs money to travel to and check a collection box that sits empty, or collects very few envelopes. These changes were to increase efficiency.

The plan to reduce sorting machines is dated May 15, a month before DeJoy took office, and less than a week after the Board of Governors announced his selection. There is less mail to sort than before COVID, and it's not clear how much of that mail is ever coming back.

USPS warned 46 states about election mail. They attempt to PRESERVE the election, not undermine it, as the mass media lied to you. When local election officials distribute pre-paid postage envelopes with absentee ballots, they have two options: use First Class Mail, or use Marketing Mail.

First Class Mail is more expensive but faster (2–5). Marketing Mail is cheaper, but slower (3–10 days). Local election officials have been using the slower, cheaper Marketing Mail to cut costs. If DeJoy wanted to undermine the 2020 election, he simply could have chosen NOT to warn the election officials about the slower delivery with the cheaper Marketing Mail.