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The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Po...
It hasn't always been a public corporation. USPS only dates back to 1970. Previous to that it was the US Post Office Department, a cabinet-level agency. It was reorganized in 1970 in response to a strike:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._postal_strike_of_1970
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