let's start with paul from reston, virginia. good morning. caller: good morning. this is a great segment. as the guest pointed out, the postal service offers a lot of different services to individuals that includes mail and packages. i am wondering to what extent the postal service understands the cost for each of these products and how good is it at pricing the products so they are profitable or at least break even? pricing is one of those issues that folks outside about. hear very little but it is extremely contentious inside the beltway. it is contentious because there is a huge amount of money involved, and there is the question of fair competition. the postal service is an agency that is self funding. not something the taxpayers support. operating costs are paid for by people who send mail. they want to watch their bottom line, and they want to make sure they are paying a fair price. one development we have had in the past 10 years is that the postal service's mixture of mail has shifted. down,mail has been going the number of small packages has been going up

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let's start with paul from reston, virginia. good morning. caller: good morning.is a great segment. as the guest pointed out, the postal service offers a lot of different services to individuals that includes mail and packages. i am wondering to what extent the postal service understands the cost for each of these products and how good is it at pricing the products so they are profitable or at least break even? pricing is one of those issues that folks outside about. hear very little but it is extremely contentious inside the beltway. it is contentious because there is a huge amount of money involved, and there is the question of fair competition. the postal service is an agency that is self funding. not something the taxpayers support. operating costs are paid for by people who send mail. they want to watch their bottom line, and they want to make sure they are paying a fair price. one development we have had in the past 10 years is that the postal service's mixture of mail has shifted. down,mail has been going the number of small packages has been going up. to m