Congress did not establish the agency as a profit-making operation but rather as a core public service whose origins date back to the Postal Clause of the US Constitution.
In delivering the mail to every home and business in America six days a week — all for the cost of a postage stamp — the US Postal Service carries out a central government function for the American people that should never be surrendered to private industry.
Less than three months into the new administration, President Trump and his “special government employee,” Elon Musk, have taken unprecedented and unlawful action to commercialize American government and remodel public service into a for-profit venture. With the position of Postmaster General vacant, they are now setting their sights on privatizing the 250-year-old Postal Service and its dedicated workforce.
