system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why is the USPS going bankrupt but FedEx and UPS (doing the same job) are not?
gpt
FedEx and UPS can charge whatever they feel the market will bear, and isn't compelled to maintain offices in every tiny town in the country.  The post office charges what the government decides it can charge, and is severely limited in its ability to make what FedEx would call routine business decisions.