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minus-squaregramielinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoInternational parcel rates were set a long time ago, and countries that were designated “poor” had a large discount in their rates, subsidized by the developed countries. At the time, no one imagined that China would be supplying the entire world.
minus-squareDan Hoover@mstdn.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months ago@gramie Yes, exactly. It is long past time that policy be revisited instead of gutting our own postal service to keep feeding that monster.
International parcel rates were set a long time ago, and countries that were designated “poor” had a large discount in their rates, subsidized by the developed countries.
At the time, no one imagined that China would be supplying the entire world.
@gramie Yes, exactly. It is long past time that policy be revisited instead of gutting our own postal service to keep feeding that monster.