Dear Friend,

The U.S. Postal Service has awarded a $120 million contract to a shipping
company that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy used to run and still has
financial interest in.^1

And this contract is partly paid for by a hike in prices that took effect
last Sunday.^2

This is deeply unethical, but so far, the USPS Board of Governors has done
nothing to stop DeJoy from destroying the mail—and profiting from it on
its way down.

Demand Progress is pressuring the Board of Governors to rid the USPS of
Louis DeJoy and Congress to pass legislation to protect the post office.
And we are working to ensure that personnel making the decisions in the
federal government are doing so in the interest of the people, not to line
their own pockets.

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The price increase that took place this week is part of DeJoy’s 10-year
plan that he unveiled last spring, which includes sharply raising prices
while simultaneously slowing mail delivery, making it significantly less
competitive and harder to sustain.^3

And while the plan calls for ending air transport for first-class mail, it
still pays out hundreds of millions of dollars to contractors like XPO
Logistics, DeJoy’s former corporation, which he still garners millions of
dollars a year from.^4

Making the mail more expensive won’t hurt most giant corporations, who are
allowed to negotiate their own rates with the USPS.^5 It hurts the
individual in an urban center who has to pay $8 to mail a rent check
certified to a landlord. It hurts the retiree in rural America who can’t
afford the shipping costs to receive medication anymore.

Demand Progress has mobilized the grassroots to send more than 100,000
messages to get rid of DeJoy and save the post office. Now we need your
help to continue the fight, especially with DeJoy’s newly announced plans
beginning to take effect.

The Biden administration needs to be cleared of anti-government Trump
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Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. The Washington Post, "DeJoy maintains financial ties to former company
as USPS awards it new $120 million contract," [ [link removed] ]August 6, 2021
2. USPS, "2021 Postage Price Changes," [ [link removed] ]August 25, 2021
3. The Washington Post, "USPS chief DeJoy cuts post office hours,
lengthens delivery times in new 10-year plan," [ [link removed] ]March 23, 2021
4. The Washington Post, "DeJoy maintains financial ties to former company
as USPS awards it new $120 million contract," [ [link removed] ]August 6, 2021
5. ShipStation, "USPS, FedEx, & UPS Shipping Discounts," [ [link removed] ]accessed
September 2, 2021
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