locations the post office serves. we pulled this out of the united states code. this is u.s. code title 39, section 101.1. it describes what the post office is. i thought it was quite poetic for the u.s. code. the united states postal service shall be operated as a basic and fundamental service provided to the people by the government of the united states, authorized by the stons stugs, created by the act of congress and supported by the people. it shall have as its basic function to provide postal services to bind the nation together through the personal, educational, literary, and business correspondence of the people. remember what errol said at the very beginning of this conversation about all of us essentially organized through zip codes throughout the country. even if one said, the postal service could work for rural america but not urban america, you would end up fraying that whole process, that business