Democrats and the mainstream media are dead-set on blaming President Trump for the failures of the United States Postal Service.
The New York Times, for example, claimed that the president is trying to "cripple" the Post Office by "denying it essential funding" in order to "influence the November election by suppressing mail-in voting."
But here's what the Times fails to admit: the Post Office was crippled long before President Trump set foot in the White House.
According to Citizens Against Government Waste, the Post Office has been running a deficit for, literally, decades:
From fiscal year (FY) 2007 through FY 2018, the USPS’s net losses totaled $69 billion. The USPS announced in its fourth quarter financial statement that in FY 2019, it ran an $8.8 billion deficit, a 125 percent increase compared to FY 2018. This marks 13 years of consecutive losses for the USPS, totaling $77.8 billion.
The Post Office is broken for the same reason all federal bureaucracies are broken: they have no incentive to spend their money wisely.
Unlike a business, which will go bankrupt if its funds are mismanaged, Post Office executives know that they'll never go under. Thanks in large part to the efforts of politicians who deem them "essential," the Post Office has a blank check funded by the American people to spend and waste money with virtually no accountability.
The Post Office's business model was never designed to be successful or efficient, and that model will have to be changed by an act of Congress. What's more, that Post Office could undertake reforms without congressional approval -- they just refuse to.
According to Citizens Against Government Waste:
While many of the most consequential and far-reaching postal reforms will require congressional action, there are many changes that USPS management could undertake now, under the direction of its executives, and with the support of its Board of Governors and regulators at the Postal Regulatory Commission.
Now, Democrats in Congress are looking to bail out the Post Office with even more taxpayer money. Nancy Pelosi announced a plan to give the Post Office an additional $25 billion.
We have a better idea. Rather than continue shoveling our hard-earned money into wasteful and abusive government agencies, let's force Congress to cut the waste. Congress will never do it on their own, but we can force their hand with an Article V Convention of States.
A Convention of States can propose constitutional amendments that force Congress to be fiscally responsible. These amendments can require a balanced budget, cap taxation, and limit spending. They can also limit the size and scope of the federal government by shrinking federal jurisdiction and eliminating needless, wasteful government agencies.
The Post Office may have a place in the federal government. But like all federal agencies, it shouldn't be allowed to continue wasting our money. It's time for a change, and we can make it happen with an Article V Convention of States.
