USPS Operational Losses In A Nutshell . . . USPS Does not receive US Tax Dollars like many believe. They are Democratic and decided to Pick WInners and Losers and Chose AMAZON.  They selected Amazon by giving them a market discount way back in 2006 costing them a market adjusted loss of $1.50 per package. Amazon ships over 40% of packages through USPS.  So you have year after year ,since 2006 with USPS focusing on keeping pace with Amazon growth. Paying attention to its needs not the overall expansion of the USPS.  They ignored plush markets ready for the picking, they ignored their own infrastructure, for the common good of the Demcrats. The system is not Broke , Its Fixed.  Democrat Fixed.  So if you visit the USPS website, its plush, fact filled and actually operating quite well.  They are just stuck in a Democratic fix.  Nancy is going to come crying for money, money the USPS does NOT NEED.  It needs to restructure the deal with Amazon, Amazon ALONE.  THATS IT !  I'm not even going to post the USPS website. Its easy to find.  Look at the Amazon shipping statistics, take 40% of that number , now multiply it by $ 1.50.  Now you have the answer.  I'm not going to do it for you on purpose. Because its so easy to do, and its what we do here.  Inspect what we expect.  Do yourself the favor and do it AHEAD of the fight coming up.  Watch it unfold this way , so you know how its done. Read more here :  https://fortune.com/2017/07/16/amazon-postal-service-subsidy/ EDIT : Super extra special nugget of mind numbing statistics :  The number you conclude above ( 40 %  of Amazon Total Shipping X $1.50 = USPS Loss ) is pure profit , not gross.  You would have to look at the USPS Margin. In other words, how many stamps would the USPS have to sell to make enough profit to = that figure.   That means if your profit margin is say .25 %, you would have to multiply that number times 4. Its a giant number and it heeds fo be thought of in blood sweat and tears and peoples hard work. Not just in dollars.  Thats the satanic sucking and feeding on us. That evil deal, that bad deal is intentional. Its how its done.  They toss around numbers and loss and deficit ALL THE TIME.  We have to stop looking at it as just a $ sign.  Its blood sweat and tears on the back of humans and our time, our precious time payed in labor, tears , sweat and blood.