[JBReefer]

A very cynical and cruel interpretation of the modern post office is that its real business model is to subsidize political mailers during campaign season (which are phenomenally​ cheap) with junk mail, while conveniently providing jobs.

Politicians, who are the benefactors of the low priced mailers, and who have an interest in preserving the few no college required jobs left, thus are incentivized to support the USPS at all cost, so they do.

It's not the only interpretation of the modern USPS, but it's hard not to grumble about that one when using the incredibly poorly run locations that bless NYC. It's also hard to love the USPS when you consider that this interpretation results in thousands of tons of paper printed, moved, delivered, and then put directly in landfills every year for essentially no benefit.