Commentary

Postal Service Reform Falls Short

By Ashton Ellis
Thursday, January 17 2013

In recent years, conservative reformers have enjoyed much success in reforming government agencies. Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels shrank wait times at the state’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles and increased approval ratings. Wisconsin’s Scott Walker took on public employee unions and won more flexibility for local school boards to control their budgets. At the federal level, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) continues to propose changes to Medicare and Medicaid that would save those programs from collapse by making them more fiscally sustainable. But the United States…

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