Poll: USPS should be run like a public service, not a business, Americans say 2-to-1

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was brought on, in part, to use his extensive private-sector experience to make the nation’s venerable mail service more efficient.

But the net effect of DeJoy’s operational changes has been a slowdown in the pace of mail delivery. It may be no surprise, then, that a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll showed that Americans, by a more than 2-to-1 margin, reject the notion that the U.S. Postal Service should be “run like a business,” to use a phrase prevalent in conservative policymaking circles.

Instead, most said the USPS should be run as a “public service,” even if doing so would cost the government money.

That belief was more prevalent among Democrats (82 percent) and independents (69 percent). Republicans were evenly divided, with 49 percent saying it should be run as a public service and 51 percent choosing the business option, “even if that limits the services it provides.”

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Tony R Begley

1 year ago

Wrong!!! The better of a business it is, the better it can serve the public! From a postal worker!!!

Chris

Post Office is a Constatutional Repubic Public Service. I disagree with Union leaders endorsing any political party. As a Government employee and a individual,

MAGA!

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