As far as the post office… I don’t care if it makes money or not. In fact, it could lose billions and it wouldn’t bother me. All of the money is being used on wages, and most domestically. It’s the one thing that the federal government can do well (IF it allows the workers to do their jobs), and a well functioning postal service is historically the sign of a well-functioning nation.
Reminds me of a neighbor who drives a big dually pickup all year (mostly to the grocery store), has a giant canvas wall tent with a wood stove inside, thousands of dollars of special clothes, a half dozen shotguns, and drives hundreds of miles in search of the “right” pond, all the while saying he only does it to save money on meat.
His standards are so low that sex offender and blind loyalty are the only requirements to work with him.