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Low Shipping Costs of Chinese Goods Subsidized by US Taxpayers
- timoth3y 8y agoA quibble, but an important one. The shipping is subsidized by US citizens, more specifically those who use the postal service, not the taxpayers. On another note, it's a shame that "American taxpayers" has replaced the more inclusive "American citizens" in most political discourse today.
- GauntletWizard 8y agoBut more people pay American taxes than just citizens. I've got many friends here on work visas and they all pay American taxes, too. The two terms have huge overlap, but are distinct - neither is a subset of the other. Nor is either strictly correct in this case, as the USPS is a self-funded quasi-governmental agency. It's other customers that are subsidizing this loss.