Taxpayers Protection Alliance Releases Report on Postal Pricing

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) released a report detailing the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) inability to manage its finances and adequately price its products. This report examines the assumptions used by the agency in attributing various costs to its different product lines and proposes reforms that would result in more sustainable pricing.  

To view the report in its entirety, please click here. 

TPA President, David Williams, offered the following statement:

“After nearly two decades of financial strife and multi-billion-dollar annual losses, the USPS needs serious reform and policy changes. One significant contributor to the agency’s deteriorating financial situation has been its inability to publish and negotiate prices that reflect the actual costs involved in delivery. The USPS could bring in more than $1 billion in additional revenue per year by overhauling just a handful of its pricing practices. Even more wide-ranging reforms could go a long way toward reducing the agency’s long-term liabilities.

“This report demonstrates that, even though the USPS faces dire fiscal problems, creating a fairer, realistic, and transparent pricing process could help bring America’s mail carrier back into the black. We urge USPS leadership to take a close look at the findings of this report and improve the way they do business. Congress also needs to take ownership of this problem. The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 passed by the House of Representatives does not address this critical problem.  Taxpayers and consumers are depending on the agency to reform their pricing process and deliver for the American people.”

###

Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to educating the public through the research, analysis and dissemination of information on the government’s effects on the economy.