Letter: The Postal Service is not a business

Why do we perpetually hear about the United States Postal Service running out of money? Why does the current administration continue to frame the Postal Service as a money-making (or in their view, money-losing) business rather than an independent agency of the federal government that provides a service to the American people supported by tax dollars?When the Defense Department loses F-16 planes due to crashes, do we make them raise any fees and cut services? For years our Postal Service, as wel