I swear they make junk mail a priority.
Where do you think most USPS revenue comes from?
People have pitched a fit when things like Saturday delivery and closing low-volume posts get proposed, but it’s simple economy of scale stuff.
Personally? I’d be in favor winding down the USPS... anymore, Christmas cards and the occasional letter are the only meaningful things I get via mail.
Doubt it will happen — everybody pitches a fit whenever reasonable wind-downs are proposed.
Everybody loves the romance of pony express and the idea of 10 million people in NYC and 2 people in Timbuktu paying the same price to send letters to each other... but it’s just really not a financially viable model.
I suppose, given I rarely use the USPS - it’s only by proxy (some places do use USPS to deliver packages and I have zero doubt the fuel surcharge will get passed along one way or another) this matters to me...
So long as we don’t get to more taxpayer bailouts and subsidies? Don’t really care about this.