By Julie Bates, Otherwords
This summer, the White House proposed selling off the United States Postal Service to private corporations.
As a 22-year postal worker, I recently joined my coworkers, our families, and neighbors across the country to rally in support of our public Postal Service. Our message to those who want to sell off our national treasure to the highest bidder: U.S. mail is not for sale.
Field Hearings 2016 The Future of the U.S. Postal Service
By Katrina vanden Heuvel, Columnist, Washington Post
The post office has been woven into the fabric of American society since 1775, when the Second Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general. Today, the U.S. Postal Service is the most popular government agency in the country, with a favorability rating of nearly 90 percent. But now, President Trump is apparently bent on destroying it.
By David Dayen, American Prospect, APRIL 16, 2018 His war on Amazon expands to include the right-wing’s campaign to abolish America’s oldest—and still successful—public service. (John Rucosky/The Tribune-Democrat via AP)…
BY DAVE JOHNSON, CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE, DECEMBER 17, 2015 “The United States has two separate banking systems today – one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else,” –…
By Dave Johnson, Campaign for America’s Future, October 23, 2015 Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has once again added his voice to a growing movement to bring banking…
Check out Bernie Sanders on Jimmy Kimmel Live: Postal Banking “will help the Post Office and millions of low income people.” It follows a 30-second discussion of free college tuition….
APWU President Mark Dimondstein discussed postal banking in an interview on the Ed Schultz show. “It’s another way that the Postal Service can fulfill its mission of weaving the people of…
By Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner, October 2, 2015 A coalition of labor unions and civil rights groups have announced their opposition to a pair of nominees to the Postal…
By Mike Leyba, United for a Fair Economy, Huffington Post, October 21, 2015 At the Democratic debate, Bernie Sanders famously suggested that the only way to fix our country…
