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USPS signs agreement with DOGE, agrees to cut 10,000 workers: ‘Broken business model’

The US Postal Service has signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the US Postal Service budget.

U.S.PostmasterGeneralLouisDeJoyinformedmembersofCongressonThursdayhehassignedanagreementwiththeGeneralServicesAdministrationandElonMusk’sDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiencytocut10,000workersandbillionsofdollarsfromtheU.S.PostalServicebudget.  InalettertoCongress,DeJoylamentedthatthePostalServicehasa“brokenbusinessmodelthatwasnotfinanciallysustainablewithoutcriticallynecessaryandcorechange.”  “Fixingabrokenorganizationthathadexperiencedcloseto$100billioninlossesandwasprojectedtoloseanother$200billion,withoutabankruptcyproceeding,isadauntingtask,”DeJoywrote.“Fixingaheavilylegislatedandoverlyregulatedorganizationasmassive,important,cherished,misunderstoodanddebatedastheUnitedStatesPostalService,withsuchabrokenbusinessmodel,isevenmoredifficult.”  DOGEwillassistUSPSwithaddressing“bigproblem