Is there really any reason for the government to keep funding a failing Postal service?
At one time it was necessary to have it to communicate in this country, now with emails and several successful private carriers, why does the government need to be involved? UPS already does mail to a degree, fed ex probably does too. Why not let companies like this emply people to deliver ALL the mail in this country and let them hire people from the proivate sector to do the job the US government is blowing a ton of money on.
Since its reorganization into an independent organization, the USPS has become self-sufficient and has not directly received taxpayer-dollars since the early 1980s with the minor exception of subsidies for costs associated with the disabled and overseas voters. However, it is currently borrowing money from the U.S. Treasury to pay its deficits.[3] The decline of mail volume, due to the increased usage of email, has forced the postal service to look to other sources of revenue while cutting costs to maintain this financial balance.[4].
It may be independent but it is borrowing money from the US TREASURY to even operate. Might as well say its a government liability