'Foolhardy notion': Rand Paul dismisses Democrats' demand for additional Postal Service funding

Sen. Rand Paul is not in favor of doling out more money to the U.S. Postal Service as it prepares to handle a record number of mail-in ballots ahead of November’s election.

“Well, you know, anybody who wants to give money to the post office, you might as well just put it into a big pile on your front lawn and burn it,” the Kentucky Republican said on Wednesday. “There’s no way to give any money to the post office to make the post office redeemable. You cannot fix the post office unless you fix their labor problem. Eighty percent of the cost of the post office is labor. About 50% of UPS’s cost are labor. And FedEx is about 38%.”