DeJoy said that he had the deactivated mail sorting machines disassembled — apparently to make sure they could not be put back in service in the event a court ordered it.

He also said that the parts were put into other machines, but this seems to have been false.

However, some staff have disobeyed and kept machines working, and in general continued doing their jobs well.

It is a mistake to run the Post Office as a business. We should define it as a national service and think about what more it can do.

*The Economic Benefits of a Public US Postal Service.*