Trump convenes task force to study US Postal System

The Post Office Department was transformed in 1971 into the United States Postal Service, an independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States and the Postmaster General ceased to be a member of the President’s Cabinet.

 Washington, Apr.12.– President Donald Trump has signed an executive order establishing a task force to study the United States Postal System.

Trump says in the order that the USPS is on “an unsustainable financial path” and “must be restructured to prevent a taxpayer-funded bailout.”

The task force will be assigned to study such factors as pricing in the package delivery market. It will have 120 days to submit a report with its recommendations.

The order does not specifically mention online shopping giant Amazon ...

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