{"id":8571,"date":"2017-07-14T14:54:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T18:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=8571"},"modified":"2017-07-14T14:54:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T18:54:27","slug":"government-subsidizes-1-46-of-every-amazon-box-shipped-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/government-subsidizes-1-46-of-every-amazon-box-shipped-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Subsidizes $1.46 of Every Amazon Box Shipped, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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USPS picking winners and losers in retail world<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Wall Street Journal<\/a> – <\/span> July 14, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

Infowars<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In my neighborhood, I frequently walk past \u201cshop local\u201d signs in the windows of struggling stores.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Yet I don\u2019t feel guilty ordering most of my family\u2019s household goods on Amazon. In a world of fair competition, there will be winners and losers.<\/em><\/p>\n

But when a mail truck pulls up filled to the top with Amazon boxes for my neighbors and me, I do feel some guilt. Like many close observers of the shipping business, I know a secret about the federal government\u2019s relationship with Amazon: The U.S. Postal Service delivers the company\u2019s boxes well below its own costs. Like an accelerant added to a fire, this subsidy is speeding up the collapse of traditional retailers in the U.S. and providing an unfair advantage for Amazon.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read more at: https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-the-post-office-gives-amazon-special-delivery-1499987531<\/a><\/p>\n

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View the complete Infowars presentation including image, video and comments at:<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.infowars.com\/government-subsidizes-1-46-of-every-amazon-box-shipped-study-finds\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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