the idea that the usps should both perform its service to every address in america and also make a profit seems silly.

so which rural people are you abandoning with this new privatized service? not everything that makes a society function needs to creat shareholder value. some good things simply cost us, as a collective, to provide.


edit: I’ll save you the keystrokes of arguing “but ups and fedex serve rural areas!” they do, but not all, and go ahead and price match the cost of a letter. they also provide a service to many addresses by contracting with the usps for last-mile delivery (last-mile is a colloquial term, not literally describing the distance)