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    • Tax dollars pay for military. Military is government funded. The post office is not. It’s not government funded or managed.monospaced
    • USPS is funded by postage sales.monospaced
    • ZERO tax dollars go into a the USPS. It has no impact on the government bottom line.monospaced
    • If they are funded 100% by stamp sales, where does the billions they lose annually come from?Gnash
    • Let’s find out.monospaced
    • So, it is a federally run business. I was wrong, it is government. But they claim tax dollars aren't used to fund it. The losses just add to their debt.monospaced
    • Ya, either way - it’s a service, not a business. Gov’t should subsidize, I believeGnash
    • Congress passed a series of laws under G.W.Bush making management of the service very difficult. They also have a mandate to deliver everywhere, which puts azarkonite
    • large financial burden on them. Something none of the private carriers are forced to do, and they don't cuz it's not profitable.zarkonite
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