USPS is a public service laid out in the US constitution. The intention was to ensure that all people can send and receive mail without paying through the nose to a private company, and it was designed to be paid for and supported by taxes when needed. It was never intended to be a fully self-supporting business entity, as it has been run since the 1970s. The "failures" and price increases we have been experiencing over the last many years (aside from the intentional ones caused during the last administration...) are due to a number of factors, but in large part are because our political leaders decided to stop treating it as a public service and expecting it to be a profit-generating business.
Imagine what private shipping carriers would be charging if they didn't have to compete with the USPS. Sure, it needs some modernizing and needs to re-work its deal with Amazon, but most of the problems stem from it being forced to self-fund. What other government departments need to do that?
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