The Postal Service is a public service for We, the People, not a business. [View all]
Manufacturing A Crisis
So Republicans have hamstrung the Postal Service, forcing it into "crisis" and are now "solving" the crisis by working towards dismantling and privatizing it. Here is how it works:
Require the Postal Service to "break even." (Again: the Department of Defense is not required to break even.
Require them to serve all areas of the country. (Which is a service to democracy and should continue.)
Keep them from raising or lowering rates as needed.
Keep them from using their competitive advantages to compete with private businesses.
Require them to pre-fund 75 years of health benefits.
When the Postal Service has the inevitable resulting financial "crisis" complain about government and unions and demand their buildings be sold, employees laid off and the service be dismantled and given to private companies.
If you don't see the pattern yet, try this:
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/16027-why-you-should-be-outraged-by-what-is-being-done-to-our-postal-service