>>881516
The amazon postal issue is more complicated than the size of the loss per package. The post office has operate at a loss for years and has a massive union and pension obligations attached to it. The cash flow from the amazon revenue might be a net benefit to the post office since it has obligations that cannot be discharged and has mandates to provide services even in places where it is impossible to operate profitably. Continuing to operate a money losing venture is under certain circumstances less expensive than the cost of shutting it down. Its likely Amazon used this kind of argument along with political influence when they were negotiating to get a too good to be true deal. Its almost impossible to analyze the deal without a team of experts.
The devil is in the detail though and the finances of the post office, union agreements and its pension obligations are way too complicated to explain to the American Public.
I would love to see an apples to apples comparison of how much the post office is losing when it delivers a comparable package at the rates high volume non-amazon shippers pay alongside the rates that you and I pay when we go send christmas presents to our family. Amazon's deal might be so customized this is impossible.
The idea that the post office loses on average X dollars per package is true and lends itself to a talking point that is a huge win for POTUS's broader agenda of pressuring Amazon's Hegemony. Amazon's shipping costs are absolutely critical to maintain their advantages over Brick and Mortar stores now that most states require amazon to collect sales taxes. This is a huge pressure point for Bezos and why amazon stock is tanking. He is very vulnerable here. Expect fireworks.