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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by varenc on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:45PM (#23912676)
USPS is self supporting? It doesn't seem like it.

According to this report by they feds they've been operating at a loss for most years since 2008. $2.1B loss in 2018.

https://www.prc.gov/sites/default/files/reports/FY%202018%20...

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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by kelnos on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @09:19PM (#23912948)
The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 requires the USPS to pay over $5B annually to pre-fund future retirement benefits (an amount greater than their usual yearly profits prior to this).

No private courier would ever be saddled with a requirement like that. It's clear that this requirement was put into place by people who want to make the USPS look bad so it's an easier argument to kill it.

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