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Originally Posted by HMLRHT1
They are not wasting tax dollars, they are self sufficient. In fact the US govt steals money from the USPS just like it does from SS and Medicare.
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I'm sorry, but this is just not accurate. Even the U.S. Postmaster recently acknowledged that the USPS lost more than $5 billion is FY 2015 and another $5 billion+ in FY 2016, and that they need to change the way they operate. This has also been confirmed by several audits. The postal union does not want to count the cost for prefunding the future health and pension benefits of their retirees. When a postal employee retires, he/she will receive a generous pension and health insurance for the rest of their life. These are real costs to the taxpayer and they are enormous, sometimes lasting 30 years or more. The postal service is not self sufficient.