Just in case you thought the US Government wasn't trying to destroy America...

[crimethink]

As U.S. Postage Rates Continue To Rise, The USPS Gives The Chinese A 'Free Ride'

https://www.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/#610b1f4a40ca

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.

[crimethink]

And before any Trump fapper says "the liberals" did this...the outrageous handouts to our Enemy can be ended by either Congress or a Presidential executive order. Neither has happened...nor will they happen.

[cheka.]

yet another way foreign corps are being advantaged against domestics. nyc and dc are all-in on the agenda

free trade = snake oil

[crimethink]

In addition to every dollar you spend at Wal-Mart and amazon.com...and most every other place...on Chinese shit being funneled to the "People's" (sic) Liberation Army and its missiles aimed at American cities, the United States Postal Service is now wanting to increase one-ounce First Class to 60 cents (from the current 49 cents), in part to keep subsidizing the flood of Chinese shit.


https://apnews.com/8713bc2faff84f388d6c81753b814d12


WASHINGTON (AP) — A 60 cent postage stamp? The U.S. Postal Service would have to boost prices for mailing letters and packages by nearly 20 percent — the biggest one-time increase in its history — to avoid bankruptcy and improve delivery service, an industry analysis says.

That means the price of a first-class stamp could jump from 49 cents to nearly 60 cents — if the post office gets the power to raise stamp rates beyond the rate of inflation.

The Postal Service is currently petitioning the agency that oversees it, the Postal Regulatory Commission, to grant the biggest change to its pricing system in a half century: the authority to lift a cap on postal rates. The commission’s decision is expected within weeks.

[cheka.]

many years ago i considered buying monster boxes of forever stamps for inflation hedge. but decided not to because paper (or digital) is worthless when gov decides it is

[Cebu_4_2]

I just won 10 ear pieces plus safety hats for 67¢. Cant do that here... uh... yes if you get that from china with free shipping. Absolute cheapest here is $12 a set plus shipping unless lucky enough to get it local plus tax.

[singular_me]

money was always meant to control... follow the money ????

[Ares]

money was always meant to control... follow the money ????

No it wasn't. Money was always meant as a medium of exchange. Unless you want to trade goats, pigs and other everyday items to barter with every transaction? It's not only cumbersome its grossly inefficient.

[ziero0]

many years ago i considered buying monster boxes of forever stamps for inflation hedge.

A much better investment:

https://www.mysticstamp.com/pictures/stamps_default/USA-3036.jpg

[jimswift]

The term "cheap Chinese crap" doesn't necessarily reflect on the Chinese.

The factories that make "cheap crap", make it exactly as specified. Exactly as the client who hires them to manufacture it that way.

You can specify it manufactured at any level, and it will be produced as specified.

You can have anything you want made there, at any quality.

"Cheap" happens to be all a few FRNs is worth, so it's what you get.

[crimethink]

The term "cheap Chinese crap" doesn't necessarily reflect on the Chinese.

The factories that make "cheap crap", make it exactly as specified. Exactly as the client who hires them to manufacture it that way.

You can specify it manufactured at any level, and it will be produced as specified.

You can have anything you want made there, at any quality.

"Cheap" happens to be all a few FRNs is worth, so it's what you get.

While China can produce top-of-the-line instruments and the like, they should be embarrassed to manufacture and market a large percentage of the crap they do spew out. A lot of it cheap imitation in every sense of that term...a mere shadow of what it claims to be. This is a form of fraud. Much of what America-based (not "American") companies that put their now-worthless trademark on such crap (e.g., Smith & Wesson knives, etc.) is actually driven not in response to an RFP, but created by a Chinese entity, and offered to those seeking easy profit. I use the knife example since it is so obvious among them.

Jack(off) Ma has become filthy rich by facilitating this marketing to those whose only loyalty is to profit.

Alibaba’s Jack Ma Tells U.S. Companies to Stop Whining About China

https://www.wsj.com/articles/alibabas-jack-ma-tells-u-s-companies-to-stop-whining-about-china-1512476279