For the first time since 2006, Congress appears serious about reforming the United States Postal Service (USPS). With the Postal Service Reform Act of 2021 introduced in both the House and the Senate, it seems as though something may be done. The U.S. Government Accountability Office has been urging since 2009 to truly transform this fiscally imperiled government agency.

Americans have started to receive their second round of stimulus payments as part of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 ''relief'' package passed along party lines. This new economic stimulus is on top of the $4 trillion in federal dollars already injected into the economy in 2020.