{"id":5718,"date":"2026-04-08T13:48:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=5718"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:48:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:48:48","slug":"is-the-postal-service-doomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/is-the-postal-service-doomed\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Postal Service Doomed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GAO-Davis-Marroni-tetsimony-03-17-2026-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"967\" height=\"724\" data-attachment-id=\"5720\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/is-the-postal-service-doomed\/gao-davis-marroni-tetsimony-03-17-2026-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GAO-Davis-Marroni-tetsimony-03-17-2026-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"967,724\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GAO Davis Marroni tetsimony 03-17-2026\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GAO-Davis-Marroni-tetsimony-03-17-2026-1-300x225.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GAO-Davis-Marroni-tetsimony-03-17-2026-1.png\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GAO-Davis-Marroni-tetsimony-03-17-2026-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GAO-Davis-Marroni-tetsimony-03-17-2026-1.png 967w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GAO-Davis-Marroni-tetsimony-03-17-2026-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GAO-Davis-Marroni-tetsimony-03-17-2026-1-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GAO-Davis-Marroni-tetsimony-03-17-2026-1-400x300.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House\u2019s subcommittee on Government Operations held a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/hearing\/oversight-of-the-u-s-postal-service-the-financial-future-under-postmaster-general-steiner\/\">hearing<\/a>\u00a0in March titled, \u201cOversight of the U.S. Postal Service: The Financial Future Under Postmaster General Steiner.\u201d Mr. Steiner\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Steiner-Written-Testimony.pdf\">testimony<\/a>\u00a0was interesting&#8230;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.substack.com\/p\/is-the-postal-service-doomed\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House\u2019s subcommittee on Government Operations held a\u00a0hearing\u00a0in March titled, \u201cOversight of the U.S. Postal Service: The Financial Future Under Postmaster General Steiner.\u201d Mr. Steiner\u2019s\u00a0testimony\u00a0was interesting&#8230;. 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