The United States Postal Service is back with hat in hand, preparing to beg Congress for yet another taxpayer-funded lifeline as Postmaster General David Steiner testifies before the House Oversight Subcommittee on Tuesday.
According to his prepared testimony obtained by the Washington Examiner, Steiner will plead for "regulatory relief" to keep the bloated federal agency from complete financial collapse. Translation: he wants Congress to change the rules so the USPS can raise prices and cut services while ordinary Americans foot the bill.
This is the same postal service that has been hemorrhaging billions for decades while private companies like FedEx and UPS turn healthy profits delivering packages efficiently. The same agency that somehow can't figure out how to deliver mail profitably when Amazon manages to get packages to your door in two days.
Another Government Failure Story
Patriots, this is exactly what happens when government tries to run businesses. The USPS operates as a protected monopoly with zero accountability, burning through taxpayer money while providing subpar service. Meanwhile, Trump's Department of Government Efficiency under Elon Musk is working overtime to eliminate this kind of waste across the federal bureaucracy.
"The American people deserve better than a postal service that can't balance its books while charging more for worse service," said one GOP congressional aide familiar with Tuesday's hearing.
The timing couldn't be more perfect. As President Trump's second-term agenda focuses on draining the swamp and eliminating government waste, the USPS provides a textbook example of everything wrong with federal bureaucracy. This agency has had decades to modernize and become efficient, yet continues operating like it's still 1950.
Why should hardworking Americans subsidize a government monopoly that can't compete with private enterprise? It's time for Congress to tell the USPS to sink or swim like any real business. The Trump administration's focus on accountability and efficiency should start right here with this failing relic of big government.