That's interesting, thanks for the detailed reply.My point was that their operating expenses are covered by fees for postage and not directly paid through taxes. But now I realize that this is more of a grey area than I had though.
Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty
by morpheuskafka on Monday October 22, 2018 @07:07PM
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Glad you found it interesting!
According to a 2015 report[2] cited by Fortune, that included $2.1B in waived taxes, the benefit of a federal monopoly on deliveries worth $14.9B, and as much as $490M/yr in subsidized lower interest rates due to not having to have a credit rating and borrow on the open market, but instead getting preferential treatment from the Treasury. Not included in the report is the fact that USPS OIG and USPIS are federally funded through appropriations[3]--whereas UPS or FedEx would have to hire their own off duty police offers at significant expense to receive the same level of protection.
[1] https://www.uspsoig.gov/blog/taxing-postal-service [2] http://www.sonecon.com/docs/studies/Study_of_USPS_Subsidies-... [3] https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library...