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These losses are primarily the fault of congress, not the USPS.

ridiculous things like ePacket: https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/11/05/how-the-...

combined with lack of control over their business model and having to meet requirements that other businesses don't: https://blog.boomerangapp.com/2016/10/whats-killing-the-post...



Congress isn't going anywhere though, why would their impact on the ability of the USPS's money to make money banking be any different from mail?


Because physical logistics are labor and capital intensive, whereas banking is not. USPS can deliver banking services in a financially sound manner without needing to generate a profit from it.




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