This. People love to rag on USPS, but it's a Constitutionally-directed responsibility of the federal government.
Their hands are tied behind their back because Congress turned it into a quasi-corporate entity expected to self-fund, but with the government directly restricting their ability to function as a business.
IDGAF if the Postal Service earns a single dollar; the federal government has to deliver the mail by law. Nobody asks other government agencies to pay for their own operations. Maybe if Congress figured this out, and actually appropriated money for USPS, this wouldn't be a problem.
This. People love to rag on USPS, but it's a Constitutionally-directed responsibility of the federal government.
Their hands are tied behind their back because Congress turned it into a quasi-corporate entity expected to self-fund, but with the government directly restricting their ability to function as a business.
IDGAF if the Postal Service earns a single dollar; the federal government has to deliver the mail by law. Nobody asks other government agencies to pay for their own operations. Maybe if Congress figured this out, and actually appropriated money for USPS, this wouldn't be a problem.