A thought experiment: Imagine that the USPS had, for decades, delivered mail 3 days/week. Would anybody argue that the highest and best use of $10 billion/yr and the labor of 100,000+ Americans would be to extend that to 6 day/wk service? Certainly we have more important needs.

It& #39;s easy to argue that since gov& #39;t spending seems free right now there& #39;s no reason to cut expenses of anything. But opportunity cost is real. I& #39;d argue there are many, many programs/services gov& #39;t could fund that would be a better use of resources than 6 day/wk mail delivery.