1. United States
2. Maine
3. Letter

The U.S. postal system has been mismanaged and burdened with an unfair accounting system for its pension funding. A postal service should be just that: a SERVICE, not an agency measured exclusively by profit. Last-mile delivery in very sparsely populated areas is never going to be lucrative. But people depend on the post for small businesses, for essential medicines, for social security, to vote, to pay bills, to receive payments. Louis de Joy did appalling damage - we still remember that he smashed sorting machines and blocked green eco delivery vehicles. The postal services recent changes to rules about when mail is franked have dangerous implications for mail in voting. And yesterday's scotus ruling that the USPS isn't obliged to deliver mail seems to be a nail in the coffin-- and it seems to bring back an old Jim Crow system where mail was delivered to whites in the south but blacks had to use post boxes. I'm outraged that there are billions of dollars to fund ICE for years in advance but not the funds to upgrade the USPS infrastructure or hire more workers. It is not an exaggeration to say that degradation of the USPS threatens lives and livelihoods. A decent functioning postal service is an ESSENTIAL service and it's a test of governmental competence. So far, Congress is failing. READ THIS- "Looking back, the Postal Service’s current condition, and the Delivering For America Plan, cannot be listed as anything but an absolute disaster of an historic proportion. Losses from DeJoy’s 2023 break even mark have been historic; FY 2023 loss was 6.5 billion dollars, and FY 2024 loss was 9.5 billion dollars, one of the largest in history. Unfortunately, FY 2025 appears to be headed for another historic loss, somewhere between 8 and 10 billion dollars. Prices have skyrocketed through the use of unreliable and ill-conceived pricing models. First class postage has ballooned from 55 cents to 78 cents just during the last 4 years, a staggering 40% increase. Marketing mail has increased even more, with a 7.7% increase this year alone. The service has been intentionally downgraded, yet even with manipulation of the standards themselves, the Postal Service cannot meet the expected performance levels." I ask you to take action to support and enhance the USPS-- by funding it, by changing the accounting systems for how its future pensions are calculated, by doing oversight and setting standards. Funding the postal service is investing in America. Please oppose all privatisation schemes-- we know they do not work. Please reply to let me know what you will be doing to address my concerns