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    • sunzu
      -1•5 months ago

      so no tax money goes to post office, is it funded from stamps and delivery fees?

      edit:

      Overview The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) generates nearly all of its funding—about $78.5 billion annually according to the USPS’s most recent financial report—by charging users of the mail for the costs of the services it provides. Congress, however, does provide an annual appropriation—about $50 million in FY2023—to compensate the USPS for revenue it forgoes in providing free mailing privileges to the blind and overseas voters.

      FY2024 U.S. Postal Service Appropriations

                • sunzu
                  -1•5 months ago

                  Overview The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) generates nearly all of its funding—about $78.5 billion annually according to the USPS’s most recent financial report—by charging users of the mail for the costs of the services it provides. Congress, however, does provide an annual appropriation—about $50 million in FY2023—to compensate the USPS for revenue it forgoes in providing free mailing privileges to the blind and overseas voters.

                  • Nougat
                    4•5 months ago

                    I’ll take responsibility for misunderstanding that as “b-b-but Congress gives USPS moneeeez!”