As a new Postmaster General with ties to FedEx assumes control of the agency, postal workers and their customers are bracing for either scenario, especially as corporate America weighs in.

Rick Wallace, 77, voted for Trump and supports his cost-cutting agenda, to a point.

“There are government programs that I’d like to see discontinued or cut back, especially those that don’t affect me,” said the retired Scottsbluff firefighter. “But the ones like the Postal Service, yes, we count on them.”

  • esa@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    38·
    22 hours ago

    If usps doesn’t want to deliver to rural addresses, fine, but set up some alternatives. Create a secured remote mailbox, or offer P.O. Boxes for free.

    The fundamental problem here is that the US population doesn’t really want to pay for stuff where they don’t directly benefit. In “me first” politics, rural populations are screwed.

    • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
      13·
      22 hours ago

      Exactly. Nothing is free, and having free po boxes just means the public will pay. And since you can’t pay for things you don’t directly benefit from in the current zeitgeist, it’s not happening.