Buh bye, de minimis!

[lowwall]

A raise in rates does not translate to no subsidies.

What is your point?

The USPS funds all normal operations from postage sales. Congress only pays for those services that it requires the USPS make available at before market rates. This includes free postage for the blind, free voting materials for overseas voters, and only charging domestic rates for service between the United States and the Freely Associated States (i.e., Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau).

There is an additional appropriation that is supposed to cover the debt service left over from the period when the USPS was turned into a quasi-private entity but was not allowed to set rates high enough to cover its operating costs.

Are you aware that in the years that the Make America Great Again people think were so great, the USPS was a fully governmental organization with all rates heavily subsidized by Congress as a necessary public good?

 

[BRT]

What is your point?

The USPS funds all normal operations from postage sales. Congress only pays for those services that it requires the USPS make available at before market rates. This includes free postage for the blind, free voting materials for overseas voters, and only charging domestic rates for service between the United States and the Freely Associated States (i.e., Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau).

There is an additional appropriation that is supposed to cover the debt service left over from the period when the USPS was turned into a quasi-private entity but was not allowed to set rates high enough to cover its operating costs.

Are you aware that in the years that the Make America Great Again people think were so great, the USPS was a fully governmental organization with all rates heavily subsidized by Congress as a necessary public good?

Uh huh. Who is going to pay for retirements for all those Federal employees?

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$9.5 billion dollar loss last year.

 

[lexvil]

Uh huh. Who is going to pay for retirements for all those Federal employees?

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$9.5 billion dollar loss last year.

How much did the military lose last year?

 

[BRT]

How much did the military lose last year?

You trying to tell me the military as well as the post office funds it's own operations?

 

[lexvil]

You trying to tell me the military as well as the post office funds it's own operations?

No but neither are services meant to make profit, if you want to find out about subsidies look at Amazon, we regular customers are paying more and more so they can pay less and less.

 

[Marie13]

Where's all the tariff money going?

Duties go into the general fund. Seriously. Before all these increases, duties were the second highest source of income for the feds after income taxes.

 

[Marie13]

to build a swanky ballroom in the king's palace

Actually, per all news sources I read, the prez and private donors are paying for it.

 

[BRT]

No but neither are services meant to make profit, if you want to find out about subsidies look at Amazon, we regular customers are paying more and more so they can pay less and less.

And that is what I am complaining about. That is just bad management. As is subsidizing shipping out of China while charging importers who have brought the product into the US more to ship within the USA.

You are being very deceptive comparing the military to the postal service. As you well know.

 

[grumpycat]

I don't think it's been mentioned, but most small package shipping services have fairly high brokerage fees to collect the customs duties.

It's pretty common for FedEx and DHL to charge a fee of $50-$100 to collect even a few dollars of duties. Historically, USPS didn't charge this fee but I keep seeing conflicting things about whether that changes.

If this goes into effect, make sure to find out the carrier the sender uses and check their fees. Several people I know were burned by this purchasing items that originated from China (even shipped from a different country) and didn't factor in the brokerage fee.

 

[Marie13]

I don't think it's been mentioned, but most small package shipping services have fairly high brokerage fees to collect the customs duties.

It's pretty common for FedEx and DHL to charge a fee of $50-$100 to collect even a few dollars of duties. Historically, USPS didn't charge this fee but I keep seeing conflicting things about whether that changes.

If this goes into effect, make sure to find out the carrier the sender uses and check their fees. Several people I know were burned by this purchasing items that originated from China (even shipped from a different country) and didn't factor in the brokerage fee.

They have to do the customs clearance. It’s not a free service, Customs clearance fee has nothing to do with duty amount. The freight forwarder I work for charges the same fee (negotiated different for each importer, more clearances gets you a slightly better fee) and it doesn’t matter if duty is $100 or $100K.