You may have noticed an uproar this week regarding the USPS, yielding hashtags like "#SaveTheUSPS and "#SupportTheUSPS" trending on twitter for several days, with hundreds of thousands of users sharing their opinions on the topic.

Recently, it came to light that President Donald Trump threatened to veto the CARES Act if a bailout for the USPS was included in it. The CARES Act originally included $13 billion grant for the USPS but, after the President's decision, it was removed and changed to a $10 billion loan, which will have to be repaid. USPS Union Leader Mark Dimondstein has publicly stated that the USPS is in a situation where they may run out of money by September, and operations will likely cease if they don't receive sufficient funding, saying that the "Post Office is the civic life of the country."

The USPS has many important responsibilities in the U.S., including delivering and receiving absentee ballots for elections, delivering food and mail to people in rural areas, and providing prescription delivery to many across the country. USPS employees are considered "essential workers" during this pandemic, and 19 workers have died of coronavirus and 500 being confirmed to have contracted it. The USPS is also employs around 100,000 veterans, or about 16% of its total workforce.