USPS loses millions each year on local delivery of mail from abroad (2014)

Re:USPS loses millions each year on local delivery of mail f... by treebeard901 on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @02:27PM (#14656893)

> “But when people buy direct from China that’s adding nothing to the American economy.”

Wait a minute... This argument doesn't make any sense. The post office is delivering to a US citizen that supports said postal services through paying taxes. If they choose to purchase from China, Amazon, or eBay that is their choice.

Maybe people who are not citizens and have not paid any taxes benefit from this but I suspect those are extreme edge cases.

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Re:USPS loses millions each year on local delivery of mail f... by dustinblake on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @04:01PM (#14657728)

The postal service is not taxpayer funded!

Yes, they are indicated in the Constitution, and they must service each and every little town, and they must go to Congress to gain approval for rate increases, but they are not supported by any tax revenue.

https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-facts/top-10-things...

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Re:USPS loses millions each year on local delivery of mail f... by oicu812 on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @05:32PM (#14658666)

This is not true, but a common debunked claim from the postal union. The postal service gets $18 billion per year in tax benefits including exemption from property taxes and vehicle registrations as well as below-market borrowing costs.

http://fortune.com/2015/03/27/us-postal-service/

http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2013/jul/24/ame...

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Re:USPS loses millions each year on local delivery of mail f... by treebeard901 on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @04:21PM (#14657955)

Yes, I was mistaken. Thank you for the clarification.

In a way, that makes the original complaint even more ridiculous because it is literally a business transaction between two private entities and a private intermediary.

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