>I generally don't understand why USPS is critical infrastructure Private citizens and businesses need to get physical things from point A to point B regardles

>I generally don't understand why USPS is critical infrastructure Private citizens and businesses need to get physical things from point A to point B regardless of where point A and B are in the country. It should be self evident that the infrastructure needed to do that is critical. As for whether or not the USPS is the best way to do that, there's been some constitutional arguments and debate that's taken place over the last 250 years. > How is an essential government service entirely ad-supported like USPS is? Because Republicans hate taxes and unions, and the USPS is one of the largest public sector unions that they can't get rid of (due to aforementioned Constitutional requirements) so they force the USPS to over-fund themselves without taxes. >Imagine if the fire department made you watch some ads after they put out your fire. Imagine if Congress told fire departments across the country that they weren't allowed to take tax dollars to fund themselves.