"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
Are you suggesting we should switch to private sector mail? Go get'em tiger.My simplified view is that we have on the one hand, the idea that government should be bigger...perhaps MUCH bigger, and on the other hand the idea that government should be much smaller, that it's already WAAAAY too big.Find something that government has run well long term, and I'll eat my hat, but I'm firmly in the reduce government camp. Trouble is, in the real world you have to compromise when there are two sides that disagree, and fixing the post office before an absolute melt down will never happen. We have to crash before that, and the Post Office problem is just a symptom that proves the theory.
HAHA, they are part of the government. Yes, they are supposed to be separate, when it's congress's job to work out the details of the default/funding, you are part of the government.
You can send a letter from Manhattan to the nether-regions of Alaska and have it delivered (rain or shine!)for $0.45 in about 3 days.That will never be profitable and is only possible with guvmint help.