Why is the government even involved in the freaking mail business?
Well, it’s based on the freakin’ Constitution.
It’s based on the Postal Clause in Article One of the United States Constitution, empowering Congress “To establish post offices and post roads,” it became the Post Office Department in 1792.
By having nationalized postage rates, it protects the smaller communities in the middle of nowhere.
If you’re in Boston, it costs the same to mail a letter to Wasilla, Alaska as it does to Portland, Maine.
Since most small towns in the middle of nowhere vote the same way I do, I won’t complain to loudly, that they’re getting a “break”.