2020 Hindsight: I Like Getting Mail

I have often been accused of being a throwback, an "old soul."  Well, I think that my hindsight for the 228th day of 2020 might just cement that accusation's truth.  On 8/15/2020, I heard a lot about what the current administration is doing to dismantle the Post Office.  You can say that it is Election related, to make mail-in voting more difficult (and, thus, suppressing the vote even more than they have done in the past).  But, honestly, there have been efforts to hamper the USPS and privatize it since 2006.  But the installation of a Postmaster General that has millions of dollars of investments in other courier companies that are "competitors" to the Post Office is just egregious and an obvious conflict of interest.  My 2020 Hindsight is I like getting mail.  I like that the mail carrier comes to our house each day (through rain, snow, sleet, and hail) and deposits the day's mail in our mailbox.  Skylar leaps up and barks as they walk down our front steps and we go out and retrieve it.  And it used to be a consistent time of day, and now it is later and later in the day.  But at least we are still getting mail.  Many inner city residents are waiting for weeks to get mail.  And, if the USPS is fully dismantled, people in rural areas will be truly at a disadvantage as the Courier Services often do not deliver to the "last mile" locations off the beaten path.  This is more about politics.  It's about basic quality of life.  Of being able to get checks mailed to people, or life-sustaining medications.  This should not be a partisan issue, everyone in government should be concerned by the actions of this administration and do what they can to stop and reverse it.  Before none of us can get mail.  Call your representative, please.  Let's save the USPS!