A recent poll shows what DOGE is up against and why it must succeed.
Gallup found that among 15 government agencies, the U.S. Postal Service is the only one with majority support. Yet, USPS is a poster child of financial failure and inefficiency, thanks to its government monopoly and subsidy. It is also a microcosm of what DOGE faces and what the left will do with government if allowed.
According to Gallup, “the Postal Service has been the most highly rated agency, or among the highest, since it was first included in Gallup’s periodic government agency assessments in 2014.” The irony of this public assessment is USPS’s performance assessment.
USPS had 525,469 career and 115,000 non-career employees in 2024. Its 2024 report to Congress revealed that “the net loss for the year under generally accepted accounting principles totaled $9.5 billion, compared to a net loss of $6.5 billion for the prior year.” This was against “total operating revenue” of just $79.5 billion — “an increase of $1.4 billion, or 1.7 percent, compared to the prior year.” In five of its six operating categories, volume decreased from 2023.