re: #641 Dan G.

Compare and contrast: FedEx vs. USPS or UPS vs. USPS.

USPS has to deliver everywhere, the others can dictate where they deliver. If you are rural, do you want to have to pay for mail service like you might for garbage service?

Considering how many people there are and the number of pieces of mail delivered, I think the mail service is damn impressive. A letter from across the country in a couple of days? Not bad for 44 cents.