Understanding Postal Privatization: Myths vs. Facts from Restore Muscle and Joint & Federal Injury Centers (Kansas City & St. Louis)

At Restore Muscle and Joint and Federal Injury Centers of Kansas City and St. Louis, we proudly serve many dedicated postal workers. Recent discussions about privatizing the United States Postal Service (USPS) have raised concerns. Let’s clarify common myths and outline important facts regarding the potential privatization and how it could affect postal employees and communities.

MYTH: The USPS loses billions of taxpayer dollars every year.

FACT: USPS is entirely self-funded, generating revenue through postage, products, and services. It does not rely on taxpayer funding.

MYTH: USPS is outdated due to decreasing letter mail volumes.

FACT: While letter mail volume has declined, package delivery has surged, driven by e-commerce growth. The USPS has adapted to industry changes successfully over its 250-year history. The Postal Reform Act of 2022 further empowers USPS by offering innovative services, including postal banking and local government services, securing its financial future.

MYTH: USPS should be run like a private business to become profitable.

FACT: USPS is constitutionally mandated to deliver mail to every American address—169 million locations nationwide—regardless of profitability. Its mission is public service, not profit.

MYTH: Private companies could maintain universal mail service.

FACT: Private companies operate on profit margins and would likely discontinue services to less profitable rural and underserved areas, drastically affecting accessibility and affordability of mail services.

MYTH: Placing USPS under the Commerce Department would prevent privatization.

FACT: Transferring USPS oversight to the Commerce Department could undermine its independent governance, making it susceptible to privatization and political influence. This shift risks negatively impacting labor union protections, mail-in voting systems, and job stability.

Critical Facts About Our Public Postal Service

• Constitutional Foundation: The USPS is explicitly established by the U.S. Constitution and operated independently, ensuring consistent and unbiased service to all Americans.
• Economic Backbone: The USPS anchors a mail and package industry supporting over seven million jobs and generating $1.2 trillion in economic activity annually.
• Trusted Institution: USPS consistently ranks as one of America’s most trusted federal agencies, highlighting its reliability and essential role in daily life.
• Impact of Privatization: Privatization threatens to raise delivery costs, reduce service days, and eliminate reliable, universal mail service nationwide. Crucially, it also risks over 600,000 stable, unionized jobs and impacts thousands of veterans who rely on USPS employment.

Support Our Postal Workers and Communities

Restore Muscle and Joint and Federal Injury Centers in Kansas City and St. Louis proudly stand with postal workers, advocating against USPS privatization. Protect your reliable, public postal service. Ensure fair treatment, job security, and continued community service.

Take Action: Support public postal services by signing the petition at usmailnotforsale.org/petition.

Together, we can secure another 250 years of trusted, efficient, and universal postal service for all Americans.

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