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The post office works fine.

Some years ago, my postman decided to stop delivering on Tuesdays. It wasn't the post office's fault. Our postman had just decided that his route was too long (we live in a hilly area) and made one of those bottom-up decisions.

We wrote our congressman, and he took care of our mail delivery. We have regular mail delivery every day of the week except Sunday and holidays now. Better yet, the post office offers great prices every day. It doesn't cost much to mail a letter. Low cost and reliable -- the post office -- been that way since I was a child -- still is.

The Social Security office also works well. When you reach retirement age, you call the local Social Security office, set an appointment, arrive on time to the Social Security office and meet with one of the best informed, most courteous people you will ever meet. And then, wonder of wonders, your check is deposited in your account regularly, on time, with no problems. You can count on them. Again, low administrative costs and reliable.

Not so with the private sector. Of course, the private sector is more creative than the public sector. For one thing, they are very creative and completely unreliable with regard to their employees. If you are the employee, private employers more often offer lousy insurance and retirement plans. They have created all kinds of ways to promise the moon and give Swiss cheese.

That's why, in an area like health care insurance, we need a public option. We shouldn't leave it up to private business to handle it for us. Who wants creative health insurance? Not me. I want low cost and reliability. That's what the government can provide. Call our congresspeople and ask them to support public health care insurance. Do it today. That's what's so great about the government. You own them. You don't own your insurance company.