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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by variaga on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:42PM (#23912159)
USPS is not subsidized. It has always been required to pay for itself through delivery fees.
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by dragonwriter on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:45PM (#23912184)
> USPS is not subsidized. It has always been required to pay for itself through delivery fees.

The USPS was founded in 1792 and became self-funded under the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 almost 200 years later, so, no, it hasn't “always” been required to pay for itself.

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