Straight Line of the Day: Obama Removed Thousands of Mailboxes. That Can Only Mean…

Straight Line of the Day: Obama removed thousands of mailboxes. That can only mean…

FLASHBACK: Thousands of USPS Mailboxes Removed During Obama-Biden Administration
The Blaze / August 16, 2020 / Paul Sacca

… between 2011 and 2016, there were roughly 14,000 USPS mailboxes removed, which was during the Obama-Biden administration.

A 2009 Washington Post article stated, “In the past 20 years, 200,000 mailboxes have vanished from city streets, rural routes and suburban neighborhoods – more than the 175,000 that remain.”

“The U.S. Postal Service says it removes ‘underperforming’ mailboxes – those that collect fewer than 25 pieces of mail a day – after a week-long ‘density test,'” the report read, echoing what Frum said last week.

Because of the hysteria over the relocated mailboxes, the USPS said they would not remove any boxes until after the election.

“We are not going to be removing any boxes,” USPS spokesman Rod Spurgeon told NBC News. “After the election, we’re going to take a look at operations and see what we need and don’t need.”

However, it wasn’t only mailboxes that were on the chopping block during the Obama-Biden administration, 3,653 post offices were targeted to be shut down, according to a 2011 Washington Post article. The United States Postal Service ultimately decided against closing the nearly 3,700 post offices, and cut costs by reducing operating hours.

Between fiscal years 2007 and 2019, the USPS netted losses of roughly $78 billion, despite receiving approximately $18 billion each year from American taxpayers.

“USPS’s overall financial condition is deteriorating and unsustainable,” the GAO’s 2019 High-Risk update read. “USPS’s total unfunded liabilities and debt have grown to double its annual revenue.”

Even Obama knew that the United States Postal Service was a money pit.
In 2016, then-President Obama proposed that the USPS slash 12,000 jobs.
In 2009, Obama compared the USPS with private mail carriers, and pointed out that they were thriving while the USPS consistently struggled.

It appears that Obama also tried to kneecap the postal service in some ways.

23 Comments

  1. …too much of his fan mail smelled like a “San Francisco urinal.”

    …racist alphabet contains the letters d, o, n, a, l, t, r, u, m, and p.

    …too many sturdy, practically bulletproof metal boxes impeded those seeking shelter during Chicago drive-by shootings.

    …Maria refused to take that letter.

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