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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: locogringo who wrote (1070169)5/20/2018 1:21:45 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) of 1573826
 
"You don't mind the taxpayers subsidizing Bezos and Amazon shipping costs?"

Amazon is subsidizing USPS, comrade.

Donald Trump Says Amazon Is Costing the Post Office. It's Not | Fortune

Despite the president’s claims that these online retailers are creating a loss for the Postal Service, Amazon and other e-commerce sites have been helping to stanch the Post Office’s declining cashflow. Shipping and package revenue is on track to surpass first-class mail revenue. The Post Office itself said that e-commerce was helping to keep it afloat. Amazon has also pointed out that the Postal Regulatory Commission has found the USPS’s contract with Amazon to be profitable, the New York Times reported.
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