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There was a bipartisan plan to include 30 billion in funding for the Post Office in the 2 trillion dollar stimulus bill.

But the administration said they wouldn't sign anything that included emergency funding for the USPS. That doesn't prove what the administration's motives are, but they certainly seem hostile towards the USPS.

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Iirc, there was a lot of arbitrary funding allocated in that bill. For once in its existence, Congress seemingly (as I understand it, I could be wrong) passed a bill which largely affected only what it was supposed to, with a minimal amount of dead weight.

The USPS needs to be preserved, it's essential. The stimulus wasn't the place to do it.

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