Costly Expansions Have Put USPS on the Ropes
Costly Expansions Have Put USPS on the Ropes Horace Cooper | 9:22 PM on July 28, 2026 AP Photo/David Zalubowski The United States Postal Service (USPS) is allowing itself to be distracted from its core mission of mail and package delivery. As a result, it is losing billions of dollars in the process, and now the USPS is asking for financial relief. It is a masterclass in bureaucratic waste, and American taxpayers are the ones being handed the invoice.
- ▪Costly Expansions Have Put USPS on the Ropes Horace Cooper | 9:22 PM on July 28, 2026 AP Photo/David Zalubowski The United States Postal Service (USPS) is allowing itself to be distracted from its core mission of mail and package delivery.
- ▪As a result, it is losing billions of dollars in the process, and now the USPS is asking for financial relief.
- ▪It is a masterclass in bureaucratic waste, and American taxpayers are the ones being handed the invoice.
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Costly Expansions Have Put USPS on the Ropes Horace Cooper | 9:22 PM on July 28, 2026 AP Photo/David Zalubowski The United States Postal Service (USPS) is allowing itself to be distracted from its core mission of mail and package delivery. As a result, it is losing billions of dollars in the process, and now the USPS is asking for financial relief. It is a masterclass in bureaucratic waste, and American taxpayers are the ones being handed the invoice. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); During a recent Senate subcommittee hearing, Chairman Rand Paul cut straight to the heart of the crisis.
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