> people are dying, so maybe that policy should change I have a harder time drawing a straight line between the universal service obligation and postal workers

> people are dying, so maybe that policy should change I have a harder time drawing a straight line between the universal service obligation and postal workers dying than you seem to. I think there are tons of other issues about the USPS that can be fixed and will be more effective than just introducing regional rates for postage (and thus putting a larger burden on poorer people in those regions who need to mail things). One example of a thing (that was recently maybe fixed) was the USPS’s need to pre-fund retiree health and pension benefits on a scale that I’m not aware applied to any other business or federal entity in the US. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-approves-50-billion-postal-service-relief-bill-2022-03-08/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-approves-50-billi...