The influence of private corporations are the reason why NASA was stripped of funding, because of lobbyism and having politicians in their pockets. It's the sa

The influence of private corporations are the reason why NASA was stripped of funding, because of lobbyism and having politicians in their pockets. It's the same old game, lobby for politicians to reduce funding to public agencies and institutions, demand ever-higher profits and put hack-and-slash stooges in charge. Then after a few years of letting them struggle, publicly declare the public sector horribly inefficient and call for widespread privatization, with the contracts coincidentally going to your biggest sponsors. The USPS is just the latest in a long lineup of examples of this method. It's corruption, pure and simple.