who pays for usps advertising?

Answer 1

usps pays for advertising with revenue from stamps and through their many other services. however, as some would have you believe, no taxpayer funds are used for advertising or anything else concerning the postal service.

Answer 2

You do!

The United States Postal Service is a government organization, solely funded and operated by the government. So any ads produced for the USPS are paid by the government using your taxes and mine. The USPS doesn’t have to advertise their normal operations so they try to only advertise those that make a profit for the government. Ordering stamps online is expensive and always over the rate for postage through a normal post office, the government is betting that some people will be willing to pay for this convince. Stamp collectors buy a cheap piece of paper that is printed in mass printings to be put into a collection. Since stamp collectors prefer unstamped stamps they don’t mail their stamps, so the government makes a profit off of selling collectable stamps. You can ask for a collectable stamp and use it normally; in which case it costs the same as if you bought a normal stamp, but few people do that.

Once (after Fed Ex made it really big) the government tried to let a private company run the Post Office Service, but it didn't work well and could never run at a profit. The problem is that a stamp is a promise that your mail will be delivered to any valid address in the United States, even it that means sending an airplane into the back country of Alaska, or driving down a dozen rural roads in Texas. Fed Ex won't do that, and if they do then they will charge for it. The price of a stamp is fixed and the price for mailing packages is also fixed by law. Changing that law requires an act of Congress and is very difficult to do. When Fed Ex wants to change their prices it only takes a decision from the company's board of directors and they will make sure to charge enough that the company will profit. Congress is reluctant to raise the price of a stamp and when they do they don't consider if the USPS will make a profit, but how much the public is willing to stand for.

Because of these things the USPS is always running at a loss so it has to be funded with federal taxes and only the federal government can be held responsible for its operation.

Answer 3

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an "independent establishment of the executive branch" of the United States government (see 39 U.S.C. § 201) responsible for providing postal service in the United States. It receives no tax monies. It advertises for the same reason any business advertises, to get customers. If you are buying stamps, you are paying for it. If you are paying taxes, you aren't.

Answer 4

Consumers, i.e the stamp buying public do. The advertising budget is included in the postage rates (per annum), as well as USPS' pay, clerical, transportation rates, etc.

Answer 5

USPS pays for it. They pay for the advertising from the gross income from stamps, packaging, etc.

Answer 6

The post office is a govt agency that is different from other agencies. The way it is organized allows for advertising. NOt all agencies are structured the wasy the Post Office is (some people snobbishly do not consider it an agency at all based on its setup)

Answer 7

Everyone who buys a stamp. And also if they have a shortfall in revenues over expenses, they ask congress to give them the difference which means use taxpayers also.