I know it's not part of the Post Office, otherwise the cost of sending email would go up every six months

Jesse Jackson Jr says a public option for health care would keep the insurance companies honest, like the Post Office does for Fedex, UPS and DHL. He actually says because of the great job the post office/government does, that keeps UPS from charging $100 for an overnight letter.

I guess he has not heard of free enterprise, or the law of supply and demand, or capitalism, and how those things work to keep prices low, EXCEPT when government gets involved and throws things out of whack.

Of course, Jackson also says that email is part of the Post Office, so you have to take everything else the goober says with a huge grain of salt.