Their hatred of all things "UNION" is certainly part of the problem.

UPS and FEDEX..

USPS is written into the Constitution.

Its purpose for being was universal, equal-cost communications for the People, so that they could all get news, so they could be informed and be good voters.

Fascism doesn't like that idea. Worse still, the Corporations see a profit to be made, with specialty services and non-union labor and no pensions or benefits. they see no profit in an informed public and activist, informed voting. And paying taxes to support Labor? Well, they pretty much already cut that support out.

It is disgusting. How these villains can claim to be anything but psychopaths is beyond me.

Last Christmas, spending Christmas in Virginia, I had to hurry to return some of JC Penney's shipping mistakes returned. We had a plane to catch! So I ran to the UPS Office around the block from where I was staying. Far from home, I was caught without any of those special return labels. "Tell you what," the UPS guy said, "we'll just put this package in with the stuff we always take to the Post Office, so it will be cheaper for you." And there are many places in rural America where only the Post Office workers have the guts and drive to go.
The Post Office is the best deal we have for deliveries, overall. And people forget all the other services they provide. They pick up and deliver from businesses, including small businesses in out of the way places. They will manage your mail for you while you are away. They provide social linkage and keep an eye on things in neighborhoods. They sell stamps, greeting cards, small gifts, and mailing materials. They help with getting passports (my local UPS guy helped me fill out the paperwork when I got my passport years ago).
Years ago, the Post Office used to provide photocopy services, until the private delivery lobbyists whined that the UPS was giving unfair competition to (translation: doing a better job than) FedEx and UPS, so Congress forced the Post Offices to take out their public photocopy machines. This Christmas, I again went into a UPS office to mail a return. Guess what: they ARE providing photocopy services. SO WHY IS THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE BEING PREVENTED FROM DOING IT?
If anything, it is the UPS that has been subjected to sabotage and unfair business rules designed to RUIN its effectiveness and efficiency.

He's a nice person. He knows us. He knows the neighborhood. Has for years.

Consistency.

Because it works.

pension program. They would not be in trouble at all if not for that.

I only use the USPS if I have a choice.

Agreeing with all comments made thus far.

Bottom line: the urge of some of the monsters-in-disguise who occupy seats in our government is that it is about the bottom line, i.e. there is a huge amount of money to be made (stolen) by those who want to privatize all of our public services. They are drooling over the possibility of getting their filthy hands on it. The only folks they want to enrich are themselves and their contributors.