Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Bernie Sanders warns of 'nightmare scenario' if Trump refuses election results Harris joins women's voter mobilization event also featuring Pelosi, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda MORE (I-Vt.) took aim Monday at federal coronavirus aid to benefit the Carnival Cruise Line as the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) faces bankruptcy.

“How in the hell does Carnival, a cruise ship company that pays virtually no federal income taxes, receive a bailout, but the Postal Service, the most popular government agency in America, does not?” Sanders tweeted.

How in the hell does Carnival, a cruise ship company that pays virtually no federal income taxes, receive a bailout, but the Postal Service, the most popular government agency in America, does not?



The Post Office is essential. Cruise ships are not. https://t.co/cb9k0E291u — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 27, 2020

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Sanders linked to a Wall Street Journal article reporting that as Carnival, the world’s largest cruise line operator, hemorrhaged money due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company was able to raise nearly $6 billion in bond markets from investors.

The Postal Service has projected a $13 billion deficit due to the pandemic even as its employees are classified as essential. The union that represents postal workers has said 1,219 have tested positive and 44 have died.

Congress issued $10 billion in loans to USPS in the $2.2 trillion CARES Act passed in March, but Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Steven Terner MnuchinOn The Money: Powell, Mnuchin stress limits of emergency loans | House seeks to salvage vote on spending bill | Economists tell lawmakers: Kill the virus to heal the economy Economists spanning spectrum say recovery depends on containing virus Powell, Mnuchin stress limits of current emergency lending programs MORE reportedly rejected a Senate proposal with bipartisan backing that would have provided a bailout for the postal service.

President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE has said USPS’s rates for package deliveries benefits companies like Amazon, and Treasury officials are reportedly considering leveraging the loan to alter what it charges for packages.