• bjorney@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    Yeah, and the person who ordered the thing from China is getting their shipping cost subsidized by the American taxpayer, while someone who orders something domestically has to pay for 100% of their own shipping. It literally is a subsidy for China

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      4 hours ago

      Congratulations, you cracked the code on how public services work.

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        4 hours ago

        You should try scrolling up and looking at what the context of the discussion is. Someone asked what was being subsidized, I answered, you swooped in with a bunch of self righteous off-topic remarks.

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          4 hours ago

          Hurr durr but why should I have to pay for public education if I don’t have any kids?

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      6 hours ago

      for fucks sake this entire conversation is bullshit. the whining about pittance of tax dollars spent on packages from china is entirely designed to make you stop paying attention to the absolutely obscene mountains of tax moneys going directly to american billionaires in the form of tax cuts, bailouts, and yes–fucking subsidies
      honestly gtfo with this bitching about the USPS