Postal Service

[bhunter]

The USPS is $8.5 billion in the hole. Some are arguing for postal workers to become an anti-terrorist force by installing nuclear and biological scanners onto the postal service vehicles. Obviously, this could easily expand into other monitoring areas such as law enforcement and drug detection. I find the concept assinine and another encroachment of government into the lives of individuals; however, considering this, I realized that I really do not use snail mail anymore, thus, a better idea might be to do away with the postal service monopoly and let private companies compete similar to the package delivery industry. Is the USPS' monopoly on mail justified given the technological changes that have occurred over the past couple of decades? Why ought private companies not have access to mail boxes of private citizens? How do you feel about having roaming postal trucks in your neighborhood outfitted with spy equipment to supposedly thwart terrorism?