Yes, families need USPS, but USPS needs real reform

Like most Americans, actor Danny Glover has a warm place in his heart for the United States Postal Service. Writing in USA Today on July 11, Glover waxes nostalgic about how the USPS (then the Post Office) helped his father James get a leg-up in the workforce (in the 1950s and 1960s) and strengthened his community on the whole. Unfortunately, he uses this idyllic image as a springboard to rail against USPS reform attempts, excusing the role of Postal leadership in allowing roughly $70 billion in losses since 2007.

Restoring the greatness of the USPS means finally holding management accountable, instead of suggesting that any reform proposal is just code for “privatization.”