The USPS is suffering a drop in postal revenue during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but you can help by buying stamps or dressing up your dog in this very silly costume.
People are snapping up stamps to contribute toward United States Postal Service revenues and shore up the agency as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic devastates sales, causing budget shortfalls that are imperiling the future of the agency. But anyone looking to patronize USPS has more options than just stamps—why not embarrass your dog, too?
Citing plummeting mail volume and a drop in the sales of postal products and services, the USPS estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic will cause $22 billion in net operating losses by 2021,"threatening our ability to operate," according to a statement released by Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan. "As Congress and the Administration take steps to support businesses and industries around the country, it is imperative that they also take action to shore up the finances of the Postal Service, and enable us to continue to fulfill our indispensable role during the pandemic, and to play an effective role in the nation's economic recovery," Brennan said in the statement.
Calling it a"plot to destroy the public postal service," the American Postal Workers Union have decried the move as a"power grab" which uses the coronavirus pandemic as a"crisis to force draconian cuts.
, accusing"Mnuchin and his Wall Street cronies" of working to intentionally worsen USPS services for the benefit of private delivery company competitors.on USPS products as an act of defiance and a pathway for individuals to help prop up the agency's revenue. Using hashtags like #BuyStamps, #SaveThePostOffice and #BuySomeStamps, people have shared stories of snapping up sheets of stamps to bolster sales and defy the Trump administration's withholding of funds.
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