Regulator Says USPS Could Use Taxpayer Subsidy

The chairman of the commission that regulates the U.S. Postal Service said she supports a taxpayer subsidy for the financially strapped agency. “Whatever it would be, would be small and manageable over time,” Ruth Y. Goldway told the editorial board of The Washington Post.

Goldway also said she believes the agency can do more to boost revenue even as mail volume continues to decline because of the Internet. Congress gives the Postal Service about $96 million a year in compensation for postage-free mailing for the blind and disabled and for absentee ballots sent from US citizens living overseas.