Frown Town - What Can You Do: The United States Postal Service

In this special segment, comedians Vee Chattie and J. Jones explore actions you can take to help move an issue forward. In today's episode, we explore the United States Postal Service!

Relevant links (in the order referenced in the episode):

1. Coronavirus Is Threatening One of Government's Steadiest Services: The Mail, New York Times, April 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/politics/coronavirus-is-threatening-one-of-governments-steadiest-services-the-mail.html

2. 20% of Americans get their prescription medications via mail (http://www.ncpa.co/adherence/AdherenceReportCard_Full.pdf)

3. If the US Postal Service fails, rural America will suffer the most, Vox April 2020, https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/4/16/21219067/us-postal-service-shutting-down-rural-america-native-communities?__c=1

4. USDA: the rural poverty rate is 16.4% compared to 12.9% for urban areas (https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/90556/eib-200.pdf)

5. FCC Eighth Broadband Progress Report - https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/broadband-progress-reports/eighth-broadband-progress-report

6. Reuters, Fraud Is Rare in US Mail-In Voting, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-vote-by-mail-explainer/explainer-fraud-is-rare-in-us-mail-in-voting-here-are-the-methods-that-prevent-it-idUSKBN2482SA

7. Jason Brennan, professor at Georgetown University quote: https://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-compulsory-voting-switzerland.html

8. The Postal service relies solely on money from services: https://facts.usps.com/top-facts/#:~:text=The%20Postal%20Service%20receives%20NO,services%20to%20fund%20its%20operations

9. The United States Postal Service Board of Governors (THUMBS!): https://about.usps.com/who/leadership/board-governors/