Like supplying electricity, water, or gas to our homes, the Post Office is a public service, enshrined in the Constitution. It delivers mail to our doors, six days a week. There were those, however, in the government who believed that to by making it competitive, the competition would make such a system more efficient and reduce costs so they allowed other commercial entities, like FedEx, UPS and Amazon to compete. Naturally because they had lower costs and no legal obligation to serve all communities, they made money, were profitable and siphoned what was profitable from the Postal Service. With its hands tied behind its back, The Postal Service did its best to keep up and because of government regulation has slowly sunk into more and more debt. Today when postal voting has suddenly become an issue, everyone is up in arms. This is totally predictable. Competition does not always work to the benefit of consumers or society. We need to treat the Postal Service like we treat electricity, water and gas - a service we all need.