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History of USPS
Sweet Facts
Money is no issue
The Law
Numbers Game
100
Position needed to run postal services
What is Postmast General
100
The number of years that the USPS has been running for
What is 231 years
100
Amount of money lost that is attributable to payments for future benefits (RHB prefunding) since 2007
What is $20 billion
100
Controls what the USPS can and cannot do business in
What is US Congress
100
USPS delivers this percent of mail to the world
What is ~40%
200
Date when USPS was created by the Second Continental Congress
What is July 26, 1775
200
Current cost of a postage stamp
What is 46 cents
200
Amount of money USPS is losing a day
What is $36 million
200
Cities are fighting to prevent USPS from sending more of this type of mail out
What is junk mail
200
The percentage of advertising in USPS mail
What is ~48%
300
Started the USPS on July 26, 1775
What is the Second Continental Congress
300
Amount of money paid out to USPS employees daily
What is 159 million dollars
300
Amount of money that USPS has borrowed, which capped its limit
What is $15 billion
300
Companies that have encroached on USPS turf
What is Fed Ex and UPS
300
The profit margin that First-Class Mail has
What is ~53%
400
Started the first post office in 1683
Who is William Penn
400
Square footage of smallest post office that is located in Ochopee, FL (Good luck)
What is 61.3 sq ft
400
Amount of money that USPS supports in economic activity
What is $1 trillion dollars
400
USPS is not allowed to compete in the sector
What is the private sector
400
Percentage that mail has dropped by since 2006
What is ~26%
500
The reason we have USPS today
Who is Benjamin Franklin
500
Number of mail pieces that get processed every day
What is 554 million pieces
500
Amount of money the agency defaulted on September 2012
What is $5.6 billion
500
Major supplier of ink cartridges that appealed to postal regulators that USPS would cause "immediate harm" to its business
What is Pitney Bowes
500
Percentage labor costs accounts for in total cost
What is ~79%