“I’ve never seen a strategic plan where so many options are not available to you. You have losing routes, can’t cut them. You have losing post offices, can’t close them. You have retirement benefits that earn only T-bill rates, you can’t invest in stocks. There are just so many strings. I tell people this is like Gulliver’s Travels. Gulliver was the giant in the land of the small. One small person could not take him down, but they put so many strings on him they were able to hold down the giant.” — Postmaster General David. P. Steiner, House Subcommitee Hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service, March 17, 2026

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