As expected, Trump is aiming at the Post Office being “taken” private and in the name of “corporate efficiency” and handed over to his billionaire buddies. There is no doubt that if our Post Office is run for profit, smaller offices will be closed. During the last 40 years the Republican have tried three times to close the small post office in the rural community where I live. Each time an informal town meeting was held and nearly every resident, Democrats, Greens, Republicans and Libertarians, spoke against the closure. At issue was not only convenience, but security and privacy. I have no doubt that Musk and his techno bros would love to have all communication’s run under the surveillance of their algorithms. My question to you, dear reader, would you rather have you mail protected by Blackwater or the U.S. Marines?
The Postal Service was created in 1792 in part to prevent royalists and oligarchs from controlling communications. If you think that’s not a problem in modern America, reflect on the blunt media censorship being imposed right now by Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and other petty potentates of corporate plutocracy.
To learn more, visit the American Postal Workers Union: apwu.org.
Jim Hightower’s “Lowdown”: March 6, 2025