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    Your Mailbox Could Be Opened Up To Private Carriers

    By law, only you and the Postal Service are allowed to put things in your mailbox. But what if companies like FedEx and UPS could do it too? That could happen under a Trump administration proposal.
    by Emily Sullivan Feb 02, 2019 3 minutes
    A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier delivers the mail in Shelbyville, Ky. A White House task force recommended ending the mailbox monopoly held by USPS.

    By law, only you and the U.S. Postal Service are allowed to put things in your mailbox. But what if companies like FedEx and UPS could do it too?

    That could happen under a recommendation by the Trump administration.

    A White House task force said in December that USPS should "explore franchising the mailbox as a means of generating revenue."

    The Postal Service could use the cash.

    It's been losing money for years, including a $3.9 billion loss in fiscal 2018. It's no surprise. People — first-class volume dropped by 2.1 billion pieces last year. To help offset that drop, USPS raised stamp prices by 5 cents in January — its .

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