Move On – April 16, 2026

Posted on April 16, 2026

Dear MoveOn member,

The U.S. Postal Service is a public service that has existed since the founding of the United States of America.

The establishment of the Postal Service was so essential to the functioning of our country that it was included in the U.S. Constitution.1 Today, the USPS delivers mail and packages to virtually every address in our country, six days a week.2

But The New York Times reports that unless Congress takes action soon, the Postal Service will run out of money in less than a year.3

For years now, the USPS has been undermined and weakened, as part of a long-term plan to take away this beloved public service that everyone in our country relies on. Donald Trump and his ultra-wealthy corporate cronies would love to privatize the Postal Service and sell it off piecemeal to enrich themselves.4

MoveOn helped stop Trump’s attacks on the Postal Service during his first term, and—with your support—we’ll stop him again.

We’re organizing to educate the public and demand quick action from Congress, before the situation at the USPS becomes a crisis it cannot come back from.

Will you start a monthly donation of $5 to help MoveOn keep overwhelming pressure on Congress to save the U.S. Postal Service?

Yes, I’ll chip in $5 a month. 

No, I’m sorry, I can’t make a monthly donation.

The Postal Service is an essential lifeline for all of us. It’s crucial to voting by mail, for serving rural communities, and it’s relied on by seniors, veterans, and small businesses.

It’s not funded by taxpayers but is self-funding; sales of stamps and services are what fund the USPS.5

Yet the federal government micromanages how much the Postal Service can charge for stamps and service fees, how much money it can borrow, and how drastically it must cut costs. It’s cruel and ineffective. Even Trump’s own postmaster general says that the USPS “cannot cost-cut our way to prosperity.”6

But, finally, there is growing bipartisan support to save the U.S. Postal Service.7

With your help, MoveOn will raise public awareness of this crisis, sound the alarm, and push Congress to:

  • Remove financial barriers that block the USPS from stabilizing its finances and creating a sustainable future.
  • Let the agency fully manage its benefit and retirement funds and pension investments.
  • Extend the agency’s borrowing authority—which hasn’t been adjusted for inflation since 1992.
  • Reverse the law that restricts the USPS from providing new services that could generate new streams of revenue.

Please chip in $5 a month and help us keep up the fight to save the USPS—an essential public service.

Yes, I’ll chip in $5 a month.

No, I’m sorry, I can’t make a monthly donation.

Thanks for all you do.

–Kelsey, Alex, Evelyn, Aliya, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. “The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription,” National Archives, accessed April 15, 2026
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript

2. “The Postal Service may be out of cash in 2027 without Congress’ help, postmaster says,” NPR, March 17, 2026
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/17/nx-s1-5750419/usps-running-out-of-money-postal-service-david-steiner

3. “The Postal Service Is in Trouble. Here’s How It Could Affect Your Mail.” The New York Times, April 11, 2026
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us/politics/postal-service-finances-mail.html

4. “USPS privatization again under consideration, Trump says,” Government Executive, December 16, 2024
https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/12/usps-privatization-again-under-consideration-trump-says/401705/

5. “The Postal Service may be out of cash in 2027 without Congress’ help, postmaster says,” NPR, March 17, 2026
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/17/nx-s1-5750419/usps-running-out-of-money-postal-service-david-steiner

6. “Postmaster general says US Postal Service needs revenue growth, not just cuts,” AP News, November 17, 2025
https://apnews.com/article/us-postal-service-usps-steiner-mail-71bab75465eea7a50a065b5868ea96b6

7. “The Postal Service Is in Trouble. Here’s How It Could Affect Your Mail.” The New York Times, April 11, 2026
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us/politics/postal-service-finances-mail.html

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