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Tax payers don't pay for the USPS. From Wikipedia: "The USPS has not directly received taxpayer-dollars since the early 1980s with the exception of subsidies f
by chrisbennet 12y ago
Tax payers don't pay for the USPS. From Wikipedia:
"The USPS has not directly received taxpayer-dollars since the early 1980s with the exception of subsidies for costs associated with the disabled and overseas voters."
In essence, they are a highly regulated business that is hobbled by requirements (pension funding, etc.) that make them uncompetitive.
You want to make them profitable? Let them fund their pensions the way Fedex and UPS do. Let them dump the unprofitable services [delivery to Alaskan hinterlands? sorry] and charge what the market will bear.