They're not subsidized. USPS is required by law to pay its own way. This is a common misconception about USPS that is simply not true. When people talk about I

They're not subsidized. USPS is required by law to pay its own way. This is a common misconception about USPS that is simply not true. When people talk about International Mail being "subsidized" they're talking about EG treaty negotiations with China that force the USPS to receive international packages from China at significantly below cost. They then have to pass those costs onto the US consumer.