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I'm pretty sure the article is incorrect on that topic, in that the postal service receives indirect subsidies that some estimate to be worth $18B a year: http:
by matt2000 10y ago
I'm pretty sure the article is incorrect on that topic, in that the postal service receives indirect subsidies that some estimate to be worth $18B a year: http://fortune.com/2015/03/27/us-postal-service/ http://fortune.com/2015/03/27/us-postal-service/
I'm sure you could argue with the dollar amount estimate, but not that it isn't a form of subsidy.
However, one thing everyone agrees on is that most of the mail I receive sucks. :)
- boomboomsubban 10y agoThe dollar amount is preposterous and I don't see how those are subsidies that encourage physical marketing.
- vivekd 10y ago18 billion is the correct amount https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA706CA706&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=usps+subsidies https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1C...
- boomboomsubban 10y agoThat's not proof, that's a number of different stories using the same crappy report.