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Elon Musk Says Amtrak, US Postal Service Should Be Privatized

Elon Musk is calling for USPS and Amtrak to be privatized, a move that would end their reliance on taxpayer support.
Elon Musk Says Amtrak, US Postal Service Should Be Privatized
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk holds a stuffed Air Force One toy after stepping off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Feb. 19, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Elon Musk, who is advising President Donald Trump on reducing government waste and downsizing the federal workforce, has called for privatizing the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and passenger rail operator Amtrak.

“I think logically, we should privatize anything that can reasonably be privatized,” Musk said at a March 5 Morgan Stanley conference. “I think we should privatize the Post Office and Amtrak for example.”

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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