Generally the allegation is that there are two groups who want the post office privatized: 1. Hard-line libertarians who argue that, since a post office is nei

Generally the allegation is that there are two groups who want the post office privatized: 1. Hard-line libertarians who argue that, since a post office is neither a national defense nor a means of enforcing contracts, it is beyond the scope of government and thus doomed to fail so long as it is run by government, and 2. Private entities who compete with the post office on package delivery, and would like to see that competition reduced by demonstrating how much more "efficient" (i.e., profitable) they are than a government-run delivery service.