It's hard to find a better example of just how steeped Washington has become in the thinking that brought us to this fiscal nightmare. The U.S. Postal Service is losing $15.9 billion a year. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe proposes to cut back on Saturday home delivery to save $2 billion a year. Of course, Congress can order it to cancel that plan and let the red ink keep flowing. And of course, Congress will do exactly that.
