“The mail carrier, which does not get taxpayer funds..”
Really, every time one turns around the USPS is there with hat in hand for a few billion more taxpayer $.
Well, as a matter of fact, they're not.
I discovered this when somebody took me through the USPS P&L.
There was one line, under income, that indicated something like $800 million in receipts from the US Government.
Turns out this isn't a subsidy. Instead, it's largely the collection of postage due on franked mail and pre-paid response envelopes sent out by the government.
To my surprise, turns out the USPS isn't subsidized, after all.