>Actually I think that postal service does pretty good job (compared to everything else government does). Didn't a comedian say "where else someone would carry your letter to California for 40 cents?" <g>.
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>But the postal service is bleeding money - our money. Private enterprise could do it cheaper and more efficiently.

Sure, by closing the unprofitable branches, cutting service to thinly populated areas, cutting maintenance and staff to look more profitable for the IPO or to boost the stock price, looking for a good sale of the whole business or selling more stock. What would prevent a next Enron in this case?

Even the health insurance does not get everywhere. I worked for an outfit with telecommuting workers (aka employees aka associates) in eight states, and guess what, there was not a single health insurance which would provide coverage in all eight. Cable service, or internet in general, took a long time to get into some backwoods - I remember Rox had to take satellite, because neither DSL nor cable were available in her area, just a few miles from downtown. What would guarantee that all the post offices in such corners would still exist if post office was private? And, also, what would guarantee that the price would be the same everywhere?