Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution authorizes Congress “to establish Post Offices and post Roads” to carry mail for U.S. citizens. And the Articles of Confederation state that the U.S. government, “shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of ... establishing or regulating post offices from one State to another, throughout all the United States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office.”
Therefore, turning the USPS over to a private business -- which is to say, to privatize the USPS -- violates the original intent of the framers as has been interpreted and carried out to this day. The USPS provides an equitable subsidy to marginalized communities, specifically, rural communities. It is far more expensive to deliver mail in rural regions, but the USPS absorbs that cost. Private carriers like UPS and FedEx apply surcharges to rural areas, which can add about $3.00 per parcel for businesses and over $5.00 for residential customers. [1] This is the 'E' in DEI -- equity -- which it seems has been encoded in the "DNA of America" since its birth.
America's unique electoral college is another example of equity for rural communities baked into the nation's DNA, without which presidential candidates need only campaign in states with the largest cities, California and New York. [2]
[1] prc.gov/sites/default/files/archived/Rural_Service_Report.pdf#page=9
"The benefit of the Postal Service’s rural delivery network is observed in the difference in
cost of delivery per piece for the two major parcel carriers vs. the Postal Service. The cost
advantage per parcel delivery to rural areas has led competitors to utilize the Postal
Service for last-mile delivery."
[2] forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2024/10/30/dear-dr-phil-americas-biggest-dei-program-is-the-electoral-college and linkedin.com/pulse/lets-clear-air-electoral-college-equity-capitalism-truth-wood-jr-
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution authorizes Congress “to establish Post Offices and post Roads” to carry mail for U.S. citizens. And the Articles of Confederation state that the U.S. government, “shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of ... establishing or regulating post offices from one State to another, throughout all the United States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office.”
Therefore, turning the USPS over to a private business -- which is to say, to privatize the USPS -- violates the original intent of the framers as has been interpreted and carried out to this day. The USPS provides an equitable subsidy to marginalized communities, specifically, rural communities. It is far more expensive to deliver mail in rural regions, but the USPS absorbs that cost. Private carriers like UPS and FedEx apply surcharges to rural areas, which can add about $3.00 per parcel for businesses and over $5.00 for residential customers. [1] This is the 'E' in DEI -- equity -- which it seems has been encoded in the "DNA of America" since its birth.
America's unique electoral college is another example of equity for rural communities baked into the nation's DNA, without which presidential candidates need only campaign in states with the largest cities, California and New York. [2]
[1] prc.gov/sites/default/files/archived/Rural_Service_Report.pdf#page=9
"The benefit of the Postal Service’s rural delivery network is observed in the difference in
cost of delivery per piece for the two major parcel carriers vs. the Postal Service. The cost
advantage per parcel delivery to rural areas has led competitors to utilize the Postal
Service for last-mile delivery."
[2] forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2024/10/30/dear-dr-phil-americas-biggest-dei-program-is-the-electoral-college and linkedin.com/pulse/lets-clear-air-electoral-college-equity-capitalism-truth-wood-jr-
