The Post Office predates the founding of the country by ~40 year's – so it has a very long and storied history
It was started by Benjamin Franklin in the 1730s
It's the only guaranteed way to get a little piece of folded paper, inside another piece of folded paper, with a little sticker in the corner, and chicken-scratching on the outside can make it from anywhere in the US to anywhere else in the US in a matter of days for about $0.55
As for the second part of your question, the proper wording should be ”is the government breaking it?”
Whether it is or is not ”being broken” is a very loaded question
Ask random folks who want to hate the current presidential administration – they'll tell you Trump wants the USPS to fail so mail-in ballots won't work
Ask senior postal management (including the PMG), and you'll find they're working with substantial budget shortfalls, and are trying to improve cost and operational efficiency: and, in fact, have been improving on both counts this year – even in just the last ~2 months the current Postmaster General has been in place
August 14, 2020 at 09:07AM
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