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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pere, post: 2296270, member: 59199&quot;]Neither the Mint nor the Postal Service is properly thought of as a &quot;business.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t especially need the post office to be profitable, no more than I need the National Park Service, or the Coast Guard, to be profitable. Rather, I want them to <i>serve their public mission</i>, effectively and efficiently. </p><p><br /></p><p>To that end, I don&#039;t want to lose Saturday delivery, or small-town service. The country is just better off with good, standardized, moderately-priced postal service, in large and small towns alike. Like preserving our great natural landmarks, or rescuing sailors in a storm, this may not <i>be</i> a strictly profitable endeavor, which is exactly why it must be done by a public agency.</p><p><br /></p><p>All that said, the post office actually doesn&#039;t do too bad at the bottom line, if you compare it on fair terms. What you&#039;ve seen in recent years about them facing a crisis is based on a deliberately skewed accounting, imposed for political reasons in 2006. This accounting reckons their theoretical, long-term future benefit liabilities in a manner that NO other public or private entity faces. Don&#039;t fall for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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