[anigbrowl]

The USPS is answerable to Congress, and that makes it rather more accountable to the public than a firm that's only answerable to its shareholders (who, in the US at least, have virtually no input into the governance of a firm).

[shaggyfrog]

The CIA is answerable to your Congress, too. How's that accountability working out for you?

[anigbrowl]

Rather better than it is for the CIA, apparently.

[ahomescu1]

Companies also answer to their customers.