Feel the Bern BEZOS
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Communist.oregonblitzkrieg said:Don't take my word for it:
https://forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/11/05/how-the-usps-epacket-gives-postal-subsidies-to-chinese-e-commerce-merchants-to-ship-to-the-usa-cheap/#7469c61440ca
"As U.S. Postage Rates Continue To Rise, The USPS Gives The Chinese A 'Free Ride"
As you browse through the listings on sites like Amazon and eBay it is almost impossible not to be amazed at how cheaply China-based merchants are selling products for: xlr cables for $.99, a necklace for $.78, 10 watch batteries for $.78 -- all with postage included. Perhaps you may feel a little suspicious or even a touch indignant about these low prices, as you know that you can't possibly send packages for anywhere near this price internationally or, for that matter, even across the street. How cheaply the Chinese are able to ship products to the U.S. has become a mystery of sorts in online portals and message boards:
I've purchased several items on Ebay that came from China or Hong Kong. I bought a 4 pack of rechargeable batteries for 99 cents with free shipping. A 3 pack of ear bud extension cords with volume control for 89 cents with free shipping...The packages arrive withing [sp] 2 weeks with Chinese postage stamped all over them. How on earth can they sell these items so cheaply and then ship them all the way from Asia for under a buck?
However, it’s actually no secret as to how the Chinese are able to ship products abroad so cheaply. The reason is actually rather simple: They receive subsidized postage rates.
But before you scoff and think this is just another example of Beijing disrupting fair trade and tilting the tables in support of their domestic producers, please realize that you’ve pegged the wrong government to be the recipient of your complaints. These super low shipping rates are being subsidized by the U.S. Postal Service. Yes, the United States and, in a roundabout way, the U.S. taxpayer is footing the bill so that Chinese merchants can ship their products to the USA for dirt cheap, essentially losing millions to support a dynamic where domestic American businesses are being undercut by foreign merchants who are immune to any and all intellectual property and consumer safety laws -
obk is looking as stupid as ever in this thread.
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If you don't want to get slave driven coding for Amazon don't work there. Go check out the expectations of small software for 60% of the salary.
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Want, wantsoregonblitzkrieg said:
https://thenation.com/article/amazon-doesnt-just-want-to-dominate-the-market-it-wants-to-become-the-market/2001400ex said:
Then explain how it's a monopoly.oregonblitzkrieg said:
I don't buy shit on Amazon at all. I used to, but stopped after I saw what a rotten company for the US it is and how it is killing jobs and retailers everywhere. When you start seeing big box retailers like Macy's and Sears closing down, even whole shopping malls closing down due to the Amazon effect, it's time to #dosomething.2001400ex said:
OBK can only buy shit on Amazon. No where else.oregonblitzkrieg said:Sanders is a dirty commie queef. I don't care about any of his ideas. Amazon is a monopoly, break it up. Level the playing field by going after their sweet USPS deal that allows their Hong Kong sellers to ship shit to the United States for CHEAPER than you can send a postcard to your next door neighbor, for starters. End the subsidies to Chinese sellers that you are paying every time you use the USPS. And if you want a guaranteed $15 wage, move to a shithole like Seattle.
I only read the link and know it doesn’t prove your point.
What percentage of retail share does amazon have?
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#FakeQuook
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It's never once been intended to confuse anyone into thinking this is a duck handle. It's just a reference. I'm sure you're not capable of getting it so I won't try and explain.oregonblitzkrieg said:^
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I get it, you're 'too cool' and edgy, no one understands your Sarktasticness. You special.HillsboroDuck said:
It's never once been intended to confuse anyone into thinking this is a duck handle. It's just a reference. I'm sure you're not capable of getting it so I won't try and explain.oregonblitzkrieg said:^
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The Bern is a special kind of fucktard but he knows his demo.
"Called the “Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies” Act, or Stop BEZOS Act, the bill would impose a 100 percent welfare tax on large employers equal to the amount that their workers receive in public assistance benefits, in an effort to encourage companies to raise wages. ............................
In addition to the public spat between Sanders and Amazon, the senator names other large U.S. corporations, including McDonalds, Walmart and American Airlines, as targets of his bill." -
The Walton family heirs support the far left as does the vast majority of large corporate America. $ = powerRedRocket said:
Don't know but Walmart was notorious for going into small, heartland towns, under cutting mom and pops and fucking up the local economy before Amazon existed. Amazon is killing big box retailers. Big box retailers killed mom and pops. Adapt to the online market place or die. Circle of life.oregonblitzkrieg said:
How many mom and pop shops do you think Amazon killed off? They number in the six figures at least. What is this shit company doing for America in return?RedRocket said:
Malls and big box retailers suck. I have some sympathy for Mom and Pop brick and mortars but Walmart, Macy's, Target and the rest of their ilk killed the Mom and Pops off before Amazon was around.oregonblitzkrieg said:
I don't buy shit on Amazon at all. I used to, but stopped after I saw what a rotten company for the US it is and how it is killing jobs and retailers everywhere. When you start seeing big box retailers like Macy's and Sears closing down, even whole shopping malls closing down due to the Amazon effect, it's time to #dosomething.2001400ex said:
OBK can only buy shit on Amazon. No where else.oregonblitzkrieg said:Sanders is a dirty commie queef. I don't care about any of his ideas. Amazon is a monopoly, break it up. Level the playing field by going after their sweet USPS deal that allows their Hong Kong sellers to ship shit to the United States for CHEAPER than you can send a postcard to your next door neighbor, for starters. End the subsidies to Chinese sellers that you are paying every time you use the USPS. And if you want a guaranteed $15 wage, move to a shithole like Seattle.
