First, we're not paying tax dollars to support the US Postal Service; the recent USPS budget shortfalls are a congressional fabrication [0]. You're uninformed

First, we're not paying tax dollars to support the US Postal Service; the recent USPS budget shortfalls are a congressional fabrication [0]. You're uninformed on this matter. Second, even if we were paying for the USPS, a legally protected postal system is the price we as a society have chosen to pay to preserve complete freedom of the press and ultimately of speech. Freedom of the press and of speech means much less in a world where privatized means of delivery can refuse to carry unpopular opinions (compare the ToS of various domain registrars with the completely unrestricted content of newsletters mailed via the USPS). [0] You can read about this anywhere just by searching "congress usps pension" but http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/five-things/the-u-s-postal-service/11433/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/five-things/the-u-s-pos... is a good start.