&gt;Quit following the political propaganda. The are not being intentionally neglected or damaged by politicians bought out by those who want to privatize them, that is just pure stupid and political tripe designed to feed the ignorant.<p>Oh, well now that you mention it it seems perfectly reasonable for the post office having to prefund retirement benefits for employees who are not born yet, causing massive not-actually-real accounting losses.<p>And nobody would use that as an excuse to... you know...<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newsmax.com&#x2F;Stossel&#x2F;Privatize-Post-Office-Congress&#x2F;2013&#x2F;04&#x2F;17&#x2F;id&#x2F;499910&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newsmax.com&#x2F;Stossel&#x2F;Privatize-Post-Office-Congre...</a>