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I'm a little late to this discussion, but here's my 2c:
The USPS performs a necessary function for the continued operation of our society, but it will always be a money loser. It doesn't seem critical but it is. It was never envisioned to make money, but it makes other things work, like commerce and government functions. It is like the military or the forest service or the Treasury and many other government programs. Not money makers, but they make other stuff possible, like national defense, parks and conservation and money.
The USPS should be re-federalized and taken back into the Federal Government as a legitimate office. Enough of this profit or die BS, that's not how it works. It was designed with a larger societal purpose than making a profit. Non-government functions like GM and Chrysler and B of A and etc can get bailed out by the Feds and returned to profitability, but somehow the USPS, a legitimate gov't function has become the ugly stepchild no one wants but we all in some way use and need.
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