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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by ddingus on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:13AM (#23674863)
The Post Office works off Postage, not Tax dollars.

Congress is responsible for the rates. Politics and likely donor interests are why the rates are this way.

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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by kazagistar on Monday June 29, 2020 @07:14AM (#23676442)
The rates are set because Republicans want to have the postal service die and be fully privatized, and thus make regulstions to sabatoge it on a regular basis.
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