It is because they are subsidized by the government. Waste of money. Liberals would try to smugly say "Achtually the government doesn't subsidize the USPS." They basically do in a roundabout way. The USPS gets loans from the government, yet they report a loss every single year. How the fuck are you going to pay pack a loan when you aren't making any money? Government giving money to an organization without them paying it back sounds like subsidization to me.