I agree completely. I'm surprised that nobody has asked the question in this thread yet--why is the government still in the mail business? Pure libertarians w

I agree completely. I'm surprised that nobody has asked the question in this thread yet--why is the government still in the mail business? Pure libertarians would say the government should only exist to protect citizens from each other and external threats. I see a somewhat wider role: government is where we pool our money to accomplish projects that are beyond the scope of any private institution, like building an interstate highway system. But mail? The USPS is fairly unique among government entities in that it competes directly with industry: FedEx, UPS, etc. It might have been legitimate a hundred years ago, when delivering mail nationwide was an epic undertaking that no private organization could do, but today, the USPS is obsolete.