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chambers said:Why do so many people think that the United States Postal Service is funded by tax dollars? It is not. The only tax money the US postal service gets is to cover military members mail that contains their votes from overseas duty stations and mail service for the blind. The US postal service is paid for by the shipping charges on packages and the stamps for regular postage. The last time the US postal service received tax money for general operations was 1983 although the law allows them to receive tax money if they need it.
The USPS is in the process of losing billions of $$$. They will be needing this soon.