The Post Office is broke? Think again, says writer.

To the Editor:

In 1833, Joseph Story made this observation about the United States Post Office: “The post-office establishment has already become one of the most beneficent and useful establishments under the national government.”

In 2015, the post office remains a major benefit to the American people and businesses. And this is despite the Republican effort since 2006 to undermine the U.S. Constitution in the attempt to privatize the post office.

In 2006, the Republicans in Congress manufactured a crisis by claiming that the U.S. Post Office was going broke. To help it become “accountable,” C...