According to Andrew Schneider a MBA student at George Washington University via the Washington Post.
The cost of delivering a first-class letter:
COST TO USPS 48 cents
Sorting labor 10 cents
Delivery labor 7
Facility/vehicle maintenance 2
Fuel/transportation 1
Buildings, equipment, vehicles 2
Retiree pension/health 2
Misc. expense/First Class 8
Corporate overhead. 16
Why do the people writing these stupid articles always completely clueless of the subject?
This is another nitwit that doesn’t know sh*t from shinola.
what about the cost of breaking up presorted cr or 5 digit bundles and sorting them from scratch even though the mailer received a presort discount