For every Amazon package it delivers, the US Postal Service loses $1.46

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So Amazon is effectively being heavily subsidised – allowing it to buy cheap and sell cheap, while making a fortune. That will come as no surprise. But the amount is more shocking than the fact itself. According to this article, Citigroup analysis shows that Amazon underpays the US Postal Service (USPS) by $1.46 per parcel. That – along with the significant investments the USPS has had to make to ensure it can deliver for Amazon – has led to $60bn ...