For example, in light of current conditions in China and travel advisories, are U.S. firms or U.S. government personnel able to conduct post-shipment, on-site inspections?
As you rightly pointed out in your response to my comment on your recent post dealing with the possibility of the U.S. government defaulting on its debt, many people would be hurt if this were to occur.
When the government decided to replace the Post Office Department with the U.S. Postal Service in 1971, it exchanged a taxpayer-dependent bureaucracy with a government-owned business that was supposed to rely on the sale of postage, mail products, and services for revenue.