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    Trump says the Postal Service is 'dumber and poorer,' but he and Congress deserve the blame

    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Jan 04, 2018 3 minutes

    Taking advantage of his prerogative to comment on issues of government about which he has no apparent knowledge, President Donald Trump last week Twitter-attacked the U.S. Postal Service. A contract under which the USPS delivers packages for Amazon.com is "making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer," he wrote.

    The Dec. 29 tweet did cause experts to consider just what has made the USPS "poorer." (The entity that delivers the U.S. mail hasn't been officially known as the "Post Office" since 1971, when it was partially privatized.)

    Short answer: It

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