Senator Kirsten Gillibrand wrote an op-ed in the New York Times today outlining her Postal Banking Act which leverages "the Postal Service’s 30,000-plus locations to create access to a nonprofit bank in every community in the country, from low-income urban neighborhoods to rural areas." It would also "offer low-cost checking and savings accounts similar to those found at other banks, access to services like A.T.M.s and mobile banking and low-interest loans for families looking for a financial bridge to cover food or heating costs." I thought this was a very innovative policy proposal and wanted to put it on everyone's radars. She also discusses the fact that the USPS will help keep our democracy alive by delivering mail-in ballots.
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