THE VIDEO SHELF · us postal service finances
USPS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A Last Week Tonight segment on the US Postal Service's financial troubles. John Oliver explains why it matters, what pushed it to this point, and what viewers can do.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as an accessible explanation of why the USPS struggles financially, especially in threads on mail delays and international rates.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- LastWeekTonight
- Topic
- us postal service finances
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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John Oliver did an interesting video on this: [VIDEO] TL;DR: Deliberate government action to defund them has resulted in them having way less money than you would expect.
lexicality on Hacker News · 2020-07
In Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US letter carriersIt has for many years: [LINK] Discussed here: [LINK] And love him or hate him John Oliver boils this down to: [VIDEO]
teh_klev on Hacker News · 2020-07
In Pending Postal Service Changes Could Delay Mail and DeliveriesFor those wondering why the USPS cannot turn a profit, Jon Oliver does an excellent job of explaining: [VIDEO]
chb on Hacker News · 2020-08
In Save the USPS
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