3 chapters across the catalog
Delays in international mail delivery are attributed to the privatization of European postal services and inefficiencies in the global system. A personal anecdote involves a shipment of No Agenda Chocolates from Frankenmuth that sat in a post office long enough for mice to damage the packaging. The reliability of the United States Postal Service is compared to international counterparts.
War on Mail, Postal Service Privatization, Constitution
Representative Dennis Kucinich speaks on the House floor against the "manufactured default" of the U.S. Postal Service. He argues that a 2006 law requiring the pre-funding of 75 years of retiree health benefits is a move toward privatization. The loss of the constitutional postal service is framed as a step toward a police state where private carriers like FedEx lack the same legal protections against wire fraud and snooping.
U.S. Postal Service Constitutionality, Privatization Concerns
The U.S. Constitution explicitly authorizes the Postal Service to facilitate interstate communication and generate revenue. Concerns are raised that Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is overseeing a managed decline of the agency to facilitate privatization. Critics argue that moving the mail service out of federal control would remove constitutional protections for private communication and eliminate federal mail fraud statutes used to prosecute fraudulent billing.
