Comment by eru

> A public mail service is required by our constitution.

Where does it say so in your constitution? All I can find is the postal clause which Wikipedia summarises as follows, but whose full text isn't much longer:

> Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, of the United States Constitution, the Postal Clause, authorizes the establishment of "post offices and post roads"[1] by the country's legislature, the Congress.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Clause

The Postal Clause certainly allows the government to run a public postal service, but I don't see how the constitution _requires_ it. It doesn't even require the federal government to regulate postal services, it merely allows it.

Perhaps I missed something?

> It's cheaper than the private options and often the only option for many rural areas.

If you want to subsidise rural areas, I would suggest to do so openly, transparently and from general taxation. At least general taxation is progressive etc. Instead of just making urban folks pay more for their mail, whether they be rich or poor.

I would also suggest only subsidising poor rural areas. Rich rural areas don't need our help.

> It's not a monopoly.

Compare and contrast what USPS has to say https://about.usps.com/universal-postal-service/universal-se...