The answer is more complicated... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/09/12/the-postal-service-is-losing-millions-a-year-to-help-you-buy-chea

The answer is more complicated... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/09/12/the-postal-service-is-losing-millions-a-year-to-help-you-buy-cheap-stuff-from-china/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/09/12/... ... and was actually posted here not too long ago! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14651884 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14651884