Why the new USPS mail trucks look so weird

Re:Why the new USPS mail trucks look so weird by dehrmann on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:36PM (#26472238)

I don't think Amazon does letter deliveries from the driver seat.

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Re:Why the new USPS mail trucks look so weird by TylerE on Monday March 15, 2021 @11:41PM (#26472735)

Wouldn't it be funny if they did? I can imagine perhaps USPS contracting out some low volume routes to Amazon.

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Re:Why the new USPS mail trucks look so weird by dehrmann on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @01:19AM (#26473308)

I bet it's the opposite. Amazon delivers in densely populated places where economies of scale make it work and outsources rural delivery to the USPS, an agency with a universal delivery mandate. Yes, the net effect is Amazon "leeching" off the government, but you could also view it as a subsidy to rural Americans, and the government already has a lot of those.

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