Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders went on a tweet storm about saving the U.S. Postal Service Friday.
Sanders tweeted:
Trump is right that it would be useful to take a serious look at the Postal Service. He’s dead wrong, however, if he believes the solution is to privatize the Postal Service. The reality is that since 2014 the Postal Service has made an operating profit of more than $2.7 billion. https://t.co/Y7tkyJIMQX
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 13, 2018
He continued:
The main reason for the financial problems at the Postal Service stems from a 2006 mandate forcing it to pre-fund 75-years of retiree health benefits to employees who haven’t been born yet. No other business or government agency is burdened with such an absurd requirement.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 13, 2018
If the Postal Service is going to be a vibrant entity, we must end this Bush-era mandate. We must also allow the Postal Service to raise new revenue by offering innovative new services that the American people need, including basic banking services.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 13, 2018
The progressive senator’s rants about the mail remind us of Newman from Seinfeld’s reaction when Kramer tried to cancel his mail: