Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen


It’s True: Trump Is Making War on the US Postal Service

April 20, 2020

Trump as usual: kicking something when it’s down. The Republicans saddled the USPS with a $72 billion burden, now they are going full steam to just eliminate the postal service. After all, if it doesn’t make money, what good can it be? On this podcast Michael Winship, senior writing fellow for CommonDreams.org and Emmy Award winning senior writer for Moyers & Company explains. Never mind that is the only government  agency in the Constitution, never mind that people in rurla areas depend on it for medicine and the ability to vote. If it is privatized, the already poor will pay a poverty tax for sending mail. Of course it’s nuts and we can fight back.