The USPS is not giving subsidies to Amazon. They make a lot of money off Amazon.
I guess I’d like to understand this argument. What exactly is it that Trump is accusing Amazon of? I understand he does not like that Amazon may be putting small shops out of business across the country, but what would be the legal monopoly type argument that applies? The USPS loses money every year (or so it used to be reported) but by Amazon using USPS, how is it taking advantage more than any other USPS patron? I thought there might be a sales tax angle to this, but that should not be a federal issue, just state issue. So what’s the deal here?
I know someone who works for the post office. She tells me that Amazon has definitely resulted in an increase in both revenue and mail volume for the postal service.
BUT the increased revenue is not enough to keep pace with the increasing demands for labor to handle it. For example, she showed me a picture of a post office backroom that was stacked to the ceiling with cases of toilet paper. Large numbers of people now apparently order their toilet paper by the case from Amazon and have it delivered buy the postal service.
Nobody ever made provisions for the increased labor the postal service would need to start moving pallets of toilet paper.
Ummm no, they are not making money from Amazon.