Dear Friend,

The Postal Regulatory Commission has called Postmaster General Louis
DeJoy's plan to raise prices and slow down the mail "not grounded in
reality."^1

A member of the USPS Board of Governors has called the Trump-appointee's
plan "dangerous" and failing the USPS’s responsibility to America.^2

But DeJoy's plan is moving forward anyway, and if Congress doesn't act, a
220-year-old institution will be decimated.

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Reform Act, fire Louis DeJoy, and confirm nominees who will fight for
public institutions like the post office. Will you chip in
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Make no mistake, the delays with the mail we’ve been experiencing for more
than a year are intentional.

DeJoy owns a $30 million stake in a shipping contractor and $100,000 in
Amazon stock options—both competitors of the USPS.^3

That's why he ordered mail sorting machines to be dismantled and overtime
for employees to be canceled. Now DeJoy is putting into action a 10-year
plan to slow down the mail even further while implementing sweeping price
increases—meaning our own post office won't be competitive.^4

The death of the post office is more than just an end to a democratic
institution we’ve counted on for more than two centuries. It means that
people in rural and impoverished areas may no longer be able to get
prescriptions and paychecks. It means small businesses that can’t afford
these price increases will be shuttered.^5

We can't let that happen. Demand Progress has driven in tens of thousands
of messages urging that DeJoy be fired and that Congress pass the Postal
Service Reform Act, which will change the funding structure of the USPS
and make it self-sufficient for generations to come.

Send a clear message to President Biden that grassroots activists like you
support firing DeJoy and want his administration to be staffed by
progressives working in the public interest.

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people like DeJoy from federal agencies?

Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. Government Executive, "USPS Regulator Approves Price Spike but Warns
Mail Slowdowns Could Have Worse-Than-Expected Impact," [ [link removed] ]July 20, 2021
2. Government Executive, "USPS Board Meeting Turns Testy as Biden
Appointees Voice Disagreements With DeJoy’s Vision," [ [link removed] ]August 6, 2021
3. USA Today, "Fact check: New postmaster general invested in Postal
Service competitors," [ [link removed] ]August 13, 2020
4. The Washington Post, "What’s in Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan for the
USPS," [ [link removed] ]March 24, 2021
5. Ibid.
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