The Post Office Commercial Complex

Just recently, I saw on TV a United States Post office commercial. The commercial talked about how the Post Office doesn't charge any extra for fuel charges, obviously in an attempt to gain business from companies who have rising fuel surcharges. At first, the commercial passed through one ear and out the other ear, like any other commercial. Then, it floated back into one of my ears suddenly awaking me to a horrible realization. At this point, I realized that the government takeover of business had gone too far. With the recent bailouts of multiple companies and the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, socialism is creeping up on America. How can we have let the government get so far in taking a stake in business? This Post Office only confirmed the worst:
1) Without fuel surcharges, someone has to pay that money and the people that are going to pay for it are the taxpayers whose government runs the Post Office. But wait a second. If more customers are paying for the mailing of their letters without a fuel surcharge and are then paying for it in taxes, doesn't that seem like unnecessary stealing of business from other shipping companies like UPS and FedEx? This commercial symbolizes our government's new steps into taking a hold on business and that certainly was not what America was founded on.
2) It also came to my attention why the Post Office is another federal expense that should be cut. I think that the U.S. Post Office should be shutdown and rights for the mailing of letters should go to the other worthy private businesses that would be more than willing to gain that business without making the taxpayers pay for it in a never ending circle. Here, the small-government congressmen and women can make a stand against the growing government business involvement by ending the expense of the U.S. Post Office and thereby strengthening the shipping industry of our economy.