The Postmaster General

from Civil Discourse · host Nia Rodgers and Dr. John Aughenbaugh

Aughie and Nia explore the position of Postmaster General from 1753 to modern times in this episode of the Cabinet departments. Aughie explains how the Postmaster General went from running a large patronage system to running a large corporation that funds its own retirement system separately from the rest of the federal government under the reorganization into the United States Postal Service in 1971.

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Aughie and Nia explore the position of Postmaster General from 1753 to modern times in this episode of the Cabinet departments.

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