Originally Posted by ASU2003

I can put a 44 cent stamp on a envelope, drop in in a box and it will get across the country. It is anonymous, untraceable, secret, and reliable. Sounds like a deal to me. Using a computer is a little quicker, but can't replace an actual letter sometimes. On-line bill-pay and e-mails have cut into the revenue of the post office a lot in the past few years.

(And the post office isn't run by the government, the government just made laws saying they had a monopoly on mail delivery and can control the prices)