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ClydeR
04-02-2018, 10:06 AM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZx7nhpU0AAxFMp.jpg


I'm not sure what caused Trump to tweet on this issue so much recently. I think it is because many people said his initial tweet was wrong about the Post Office losing money.

The Post Office loses money every year. If you take their annual loss divided by the number of items they deliver per year, you can come up with an amount lost per package, which appears to be how Trump determined that the Post Office is long money on Amazon packages. Another way to look at it is at the margin. If the Post Office delivered enough items per year, it would not lose money. Every additional item delivered by the Post Office reduces the amount lost per item. How would someone with a lot of business experience look at it?

A deeper dive.. https://www.vox.com/2018/3/30/17176852/trump-amazon-post-office
Wrathbringer
04-02-2018, 10:08 AM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZx7nhpU0AAxFMp.jpg


I'm not sure what caused Trump to tweet on this issue so much recently. I think it is because many people said his initial tweet was wrong about the Post Office losing money.

The Post Office loses money every year. If you take their annual loss divided by the number of items they deliver per year, you can come up with an amount lost per package, which appears to be how Trump determined that the Post Office is long money on Amazon packages. Another way to look at it is at the margin. If the Post Office delivered enough items per year, it would not lose money. Every additional item delivered by the Post Office reduces the amount lost per item. How would someone with a lot of business experience look at it?

A deeper dive.. https://www.vox.com/2018/3/30/17176852/trump-amazon-post-office

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ClydeR
04-02-2018, 10:13 AM
Wrong link. Here's the right tweet..







https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZyCfHwVMAE7bfq.jpg
SHAFT
04-02-2018, 04:41 PM
It’s probably a combination of:

1. Trump hates bezos because he is worth 35x more than he is.

2. Bezos owns the Washington Post, which regularly publishes articles that do not shed a favorable light on Trump or his administration.

3. Somewhere, one of trumps “friends” is picking up cheap stocks. Probably even trump himself.
Androidpk
04-02-2018, 08:02 PM
It’s probably a combination of:

1. Trump hates bezos because he is worth 35x more than he is.

This is probably the biggest reason TBH.
audioserf
04-03-2018, 07:34 AM
The post office argument is laughable. Amazon is probably the only reason we still have a USPS at this point.
cwolff
04-03-2018, 04:10 PM
The post office argument is laughable. Amazon is probably the only reason we still have a USPS at this point.

Isn't that crazy? He said Amazon was using the USPS as their delivery boy! The nerve of using the post office to deliver stuff.
Fortybox
04-03-2018, 08:13 PM
I’m surprised Amazon is being defended here. From a liberal stance, Amazon should be the worst thing ever (like Walmart). However, because the company is run by a giant liberal it gets a pass. The hypocrisy is so evident.
cwolff
04-03-2018, 08:24 PM
I’m surprised Amazon is being defended here. From a liberal stance, Amazon should be the worst thing ever (like Walmart). However, because the company is run by a giant liberal it gets a pass. The hypocrisy is so evident.

Trolls gonna troll
Parkbandit
04-03-2018, 08:50 PM
I’m surprised Amazon is being defended here. From a liberal stance, Amazon should be the worst thing ever (like Walmart). However, because the company is run by a giant liberal it gets a pass. The hypocrisy is so evident.

I fucking love Amazon. I literally buy everything from there.
Fortybox
04-03-2018, 09:24 PM
Trolls gonna troll

Says the person with a Trump Piggy avatar.

Why defend Amazon but Walmart is the evil one?
cwolff
04-03-2018, 09:35 PM
Says the person with a Trump Piggy avatar.

Why defend Amazon but Walmart is the evil one?

trolls gonna troll.
cwolff
04-03-2018, 09:45 PM
https://youtu.be/D5Adp4-YYKo

In the really strange twilight zone style world over there at Fox; this guy Shep is constantly debunking the rest of the networks B.S., but the viewers choose to believe the Hannitys. It boggles the mind.
ClydeR
05-18-2018, 02:36 PM
President Trump has personally pushed U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan to double the rate the Postal Service charges Amazon.com and other firms to ship packages, according to three people familiar with their conversations, a dramatic move that probably would cost these companies billions of dollars.

Brennan has so far resisted Trump’s demand, explaining in multiple conversations occurring this year and last that these arrangements are bound by contracts and must be reviewed by a regulatory commission, the three people said. She has told the president that the Amazon relationship is beneficial for the Postal Service and gave him a set of slides that showed the variety of companies, in addition to Amazon, that also partner for deliveries.

More... (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-personally-pushed-postmaster-general-to-double-rates-on-amazon-other-firms/2018/05/18/2b6438d2-5931-11e8-858f-12becb4d6067_story.html)

It would be great if Trump could make Amazon charge people more.