Why Does the Postal Service Cling to a Money-Losing Monopoly?

For every dollar it spends on delivering newspapers and magazines, USPS claims it only receives 75 cents in postage. Meanwhile, notes the Columbia Journalism Review, magazine publishers are growing worried about the increase in customer complaints regarding lost, damaged and late issue. They fear coming changes will only make matters worse.

Maybe the Postal Service would be better off loosening its grip on the mailbox monopoly by granting an exception for periodicals. (After all, whoever heard of a money-losing monopoly?) Not only would the agency lose unprofitable customers, it could actually charge the publishers a fee for each mailbox they use.