Re:U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in
by pilif on Thursday September 26, 2019 @03:45AM
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I think the hope of OP was that the rates for shipments from China would go up and the rates for non-China shipments would do down because they wouldn't have to subsidize the China shipments any more.
I countered with the assumption that while the former will happen for sure, the latter won't, but instead the additional revenue coming from the increased shipping costs from China will subsidize higher bonuses for executives rather than be used to lower the costs for non-china packages.
Re:U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in
by selectodude on Thursday September 26, 2019 @09:03AM
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I’m not sure the postmaster general is eligible for a bonus at the end of the year.
That's normalization. Instead of shipping a cog from 1 state over for $5 or China for $.05, it will now cost China closer to the same rates everyone else pays.
The argument want never that shipping domestically was too expensive, it's that shipping from China to domestic was cheaper.