by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Thursday March 29, 2018 @12:09PM (#56347077)
... doesn't this make jobs for american workers and companies? Yeah, it's wear and tear on the roads/infrastructure, but one would home gas taxes cover such things.
Yeah, they're not so nice for small companies, but Walmart's trod that path for decades - is Trump going to target them as well?
The USPS is already rolling their vehicles so the extra wear and tear is going to be minimal, in fact it's been proven that Amazon reduces fuel used to deliver goods to consumers in almost all cases so it should be going down.
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Assuming the delivery services bill correctly... (Score:0)
... doesn't this make jobs for american workers and companies? Yeah, it's wear and tear on the roads/infrastructure, but one would home gas taxes cover such things.
Yeah, they're not so nice for small companies, but Walmart's trod that path for decades - is Trump going to target them as well?
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The USPS is already rolling their vehicles so the extra wear and tear is going to be minimal, in fact it's been proven that Amazon reduces fuel used to deliver goods to consumers in almost all cases so it should be going down.