U.S. Postal Service Board Dominated by Corporate Execs, Lawyers, Lobbyists

[Better Believe It]

Postal Service Board Dominated by Corporate Execs, Lawyers, Lobbyists
Corporate Crime Reporter
September 27, 2011

The United States Postal Service Board of Governors is dominated by corporate executives, lawyers, and lobbyists. And according to consumer advocate Ralph Nader, that’s a key reason why the Postal Service is in trouble.

“Historically, ever since it was transformed from a cabinet level department to a government corporation, it’s been controlled by corporate executives, lawyers or lobbyists,” Nader said. “And that’s the case today. That explains the desire to keep the Postal service under restrictions that reduce its revenues and limit its expansion into other areas of service that would generate more revenue and more fully utilize the post offices. This strategy has benefitted UPS and Federal Express.”

Five out of the nine members of the board are currently corporate executives, lawyers or lobbyists. There are currently two vacancies.

“For three decades we have been proposing a postal residential users action group with hundreds of thousands of dues paying members responding to delivery of invitation cards by postal carriers three times a year at over 100 million residences,” Nader said. “All postmasters and their boards of governors turned this voluntarily joined self-funded idea down. They don’t want the residential users to be organized with a seat at the table.”

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[lonestarnot]

1. Just another part of the plan to privitize them. Disgusting.

[Arctic Dave]

2. Run it into the ground on purpose and reap the profits when they privitize.

Screw the people who work there and the people who pay for it.