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> The Postal Service receives NO tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. https://ab

• s73ver 9y ago
  Not to mention, they are required to prefund pensions for their employees, something no other entity is required to do. They also are required to take a letter from anywhere in the country, and deliver it to anywhere else in the country, within a couple days, for less than 50 cents.
• josinalvo 9y ago
  > for operating expenses that raises some eyebrows :P Why this qualifier? What do they receive tax dollars for?
  • oicu812 9y ago
    They receive $100 million in tax dollars per year to subsidize blind and overseas citizens. They also get $18 billion per year in tax benefits. http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2013/jul/24/american-postal-workers-union/postal-service-claim-not-fully-target/ http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2013/jul/24/ame... http://fortune.com/2015/03/27/us-postal-service/ http://fortune.com/2015/03/27/us-postal-service/
• deleted 9y ago
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