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flatline on July 22, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Po...

The USPS is subsidized to keep prices low, and furthermore is a public institution which seems to be a clear benefit for mail-in ballots.

Retric on July 22, 2020 [–]

The USPS receives no government subsidies and for example pays property taxes. There are a lot of government mandates about what they can or can’t do, but it doesn’t currently receive federal funds.

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