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Postmaster General’s Bold Strides to Rescue United States Postal Service from Financial Crisis

Clear Facts
- Postmaster General Louis DeJoy continues to stand by his 10-year Delivering for America (DFA) plan, which aims to make the USPS self-sustaining and high-performing.
- Even though the USPS processes millions of pieces of mail daily, DeJoy cautions that the organization is in a “death spiral.”
- The DFA plan proposes steps to stabilize the workforce, correct pricing, and optimize operational efficiency, which DeJoy claims are starting to prove effective.
Ignoring the criticisms and obstacles he’s facing, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is firmly committed to his mission of pulling the U.S Postal Service (USPS) out of its current plight. His Delivering for America (DFA) plan, now in its third year, is designed to transform the USPS from being in financial and operational crisis to a self-sustaining and high-performing entity.
The plan has triggered debates among regulators, senators, postal workers, and customers, but DeJoy remains unswerving. He underlines his commitment and the necessity of the DFA, stating, “Delivering for America is the only comprehensive strategy in existence that can save the Postal Service.”
In his statements, DeJoy emphasizes that the USPS is a vital part of the nationwide communication infrastructure. He notes, “640,000 employees operate 32,000 retail and operational centers across our nation, and use 45,000 trucks, 256,000 delivery vehicles and 200 aircraft to accept and deliver 425 million pieces of mail and packages to and from more than 330 million people” every single day.
However, despite the vast scale of this operation, DeJoy alerts that the USPS is in a “death spiral.” The organization, which isn’t funded by tax dollars and must cover its own expenses, has been grappling with these financial obligations, according to DeJoy.
With the DFA, DeJoy is hopeful about introducing groundbreaking reforms that are already demonstrating positive impacts. The USPS has started to “correct more than a decade of defective pricing” and has promoted “nearly 180,000 non-career workers to full-time employment,” he states. This has helped stabilize the workforce and has offered employees opportunities for long-term careers.
These modifications have ensured that “by September 2023, 98 percent of Americans received their mail and packages within three days.”
A significant component of the DFA involves restructuring the USPS’s operations, which includes setting up new mail processing and distribution centers and consolidating facilities where it’s practical. Despite these plans being in motion and not yet fully realized, DeJoy remains optimistic, stating, “We will soon be back to a performance level that can make the nation proud.”
Examining the figures, DeJoy discloses that the USPS has cut transportation costs by nearly $1 billion, increased revenue and market share, and redirected an estimated $2.5 billion annually back into the organization after reducing work hours. The USPS has also decreased its projected 10-year losses by nearly $100 billion to date.
Impressively, DeJoy stresses that “our progress clearly exhibits the effectiveness of our plan,” and underscores the need to continue implementing the DFA. The aim isn’t just to rescue the USPS but to build an organization that can prosper in the long term.
Let us know what you think, please share your thoughts in the comments below.

Marilyn
July 11, 2024 at 6:45 pm
Increasing stamps from $.68 to $.73 soon. It’s no wonder folks don’t mail anything. Wait until Christmas card time comes along.
mick
July 11, 2024 at 7:40 pm
.73 seems like a deal, you can’t back your car out of the garage to deliver it yourself across town
Milissa
July 16, 2024 at 4:46 pm
And .73 is to cover the insanely high amount of benefits the USPS receives. Their retirement must be changed. GM had to do it decades ago, it’s time for the Post Office to walk into the 21st century. They provide a mediocre service at an exorbitant cost. Perhaps have Elon Musk take a look at their process, or even one of the best logistics in the country, believe it or not, Walmart. If they can tell you where any box of qtips is at any given time, they could really help out the usps.
John
July 11, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Thoses who have retired from some source of gov. Know how all branches waste money. The more people a boss gets hired under them? The more he makes. And there’s the buddy system. To reach more power and control.
p willy
July 11, 2024 at 6:58 pm
If the postal service was not so top heavy, with too many managers and not enough to do the actual work, it would be a much more dependable operation.
Cheryl M Reifsnyder
July 11, 2024 at 8:49 pm
DEJOY IS FULL OF SH**
OUR MAIL IS INCORRECTLY DELIVERED TO ANY NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS, TAKES A WEEK TO GO ACROSS OUR 7,000 PERSON TOWN BECAUSE MAIL GOES TO HARRISBURG AND BACK TO OUR TOWN.
PACKAGES TAKE ABSOLUTELY FOREVER TO GET HERE AND THE PO STAFF IS THE MOST GROUCHY AND UNDERWHELMING OF CUSTOMER SERVANTS.
Barbara Metzler
July 12, 2024 at 11:07 am
Our mail also goes to Harrisburg to be distributed. Since April we have not received out electric bills or if we get them they are a month late. The same is happening to our neighbor. According to our local postmaster, when the mail is sorted, it sometimes falls into the wrong bin. The latest electric bill for our neighbor, who has lived in his house since 1954, was a month late in being delivered and had a yellow strip on it stating “unable to forward/for review”. In the meantime, the bills fall into the late payment category and unless we check online and pay, we are assessed a late fee. The postage stamp rates keep rising and the USPS keeps getting worse their job of sorting and delivery. Government at its best!!!!!
Pat
July 11, 2024 at 10:19 pm
Our mail for our zip code is served by the Post Office in Olympia, Wa which is 9 miles from our house in Lacey, Wa zip code 98403. There is a Post Office. In Lacey less than 2 miles from our house. So yes – DeJoy is full of shit!!!!!!
Dr. Caligary
July 12, 2024 at 9:20 am
I am familiar with 2 people that worked for the USPS and retired from that organization. Both have stated that they make more monthly in retirement pension payments than they made when working for the post office. I cannot see that as a sustainable situation.
Steve c
August 10, 2024 at 8:55 am
If something gets shipped to Georgia it sets approximately 5 days in state before it get delivered. If a letter is mailed from Augusta to the next town over it goes to Atlanta gets lost then ships.