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One is a service paid for with tax money, the other a for-profit business.
Wonder if the postal service could be for profit somehow, seems like a lost opportunity
In North America, USPS and Canada Post both are solely self funded. They are not (ordinarily) funded through tax money. USPS has had bailouts, but that’s not really different from a for profit company, sadly.
Crazy, our postal office is tax funded
It isn't really.
UPS and FedEx cost the same though.
They don't unless you have a good contract with them and even then it's dependent on zones and package size.
Fun fact: USPS acknowledges that our US territories are domestic while UPS and FedEx treat them as international. So its a little more of a chore and cost to ship to Puerto Rico and the like through anyone but USPS from the 50 states.
I don't have any contracts with them and it's usually about the same cost for USPS or UPS via ground for like a 12" square box for example. USPS might be like 5% less on average.