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Both the seller and the buyer benefits from the subsidy, while only the taxpayer pays for it. So the net benefit is to the chinese seller and net loss is to the
by unishark 6y ago
Both the seller and the buyer benefits from the subsidy, while only the taxpayer pays for it. So the net benefit is to the chinese seller and net loss is to the taxpayers, which only partly mitigated if they are buyers too.
- dx034 6y agoThe environment suffers though. Shipping it in bulk to the US and from there to the customer is more efficient and allows for returns to be reused, creating less waste.
- megous 6y agoI don't think individual Chinese are rafting your goods individually over the pond.
- drdec 6y agoFYI, the US Post Office is an independent agency with its own budget. It does not receive taxpayer money. So really what was happening is that other people or companies sending mail or packages were subsidizing overseas mail and packages.
- asciident 6y agoI would make the case that they do receive taxpayer money. They have a legal right and monopoly to show ads in your mailbox. Without that, they would not exist. Imagine if Facebook were legally allowed to drive by your house and play recordings of ads over a loudspeaker every morning. Facebook would pay the government for that privilege. The government is selling your attention daily (worth billions, if anyone company were to have the ability to charge for it the same way), and giving it to the post office for free.