> The USPS is a crucial part of the US infrastructure.
Mail delivery and shipping are crucial, not the USPS. There are plenty of other private companies that can and do show the ability to do what the USPS does - only more efficiently (and without consistently losing money). At this point in history, there's no need for us to continue supporting the tax-subsidized[1] money pit that is the USPS.
Yet another piece of evidence that private industry is more effective than government-funded programs.
[1] Make no mistake - the USPS might be able to claim they don't receive tax money for operations (technically), but the laws and other perks protecting their monopoly status have a real-world cost, and the net effect is no different from that of a tax.
edit: Ok, it looks like many people disagree. If that's the case, explain yourself instead of simply hitting the downvote button.
Mail delivery and shipping are crucial, not the USPS. There are plenty of other private companies that can and do show the ability to do what the USPS does - only more efficiently (and without consistently losing money). At this point in history, there's no need for us to continue supporting the tax-subsidized[1] money pit that is the USPS.
Yet another piece of evidence that private industry is more effective than government-funded programs.
[1] Make no mistake - the USPS might be able to claim they don't receive tax money for operations (technically), but the laws and other perks protecting their monopoly status have a real-world cost, and the net effect is no different from that of a tax.
edit: Ok, it looks like many people disagree. If that's the case, explain yourself instead of simply hitting the downvote button.