PRICELESS!

[kpete]

@realDonaldTrump

I am right about Amazon costing the United States Post Office massive amounts of money for being their Delivery Boy. Amazon should pay these costs (plus) and not have them bourne by the American Taxpayer. Many billions of dollars. P.O. leaders don’t have a clue (or do they?)!

PRICELESS!

http://Trumpstore.com
1. Collects ZERO tax
2. Uses US Post Office as ONLY delivery option



http://Ivankatrump.com
1. Collects ZERO tax
2. Uses AMAZON PAY as payment option

Link to tweet

[Tanuki]

1. And he doesn't know how to spell "borne." That won't sit well with his "bourne"-again base!

[classof56]

13. Good one! Thanks for the chuckle.

I thought perhaps he was thinking of Jason Bourne, but didn't make sense to me. Actually, nothing he says makes sense to me, come to think of it.

[Clarity2]

2. Very interesting

I just went to the Trump store, put in a NY address, continued the checkout process to the point before putting cc# just like that pic, and absolutely no tax came up. Their store is listed with a NY address.

So how long have they been not collecting NY sales tax??? Schneiderman or Cuomo, or someone should know about this.

[marble falls]

3. Absolutely this should be a headline, "Trump dodges sales tax that Amazon collects and pays"

[pandr32]

15. I like your headline

[Clarity2]

27. Maybe you should send the headline to Maddow

Seems someone should cover this.

[onlyadream]

10. Wow, I run a tiny online store

And even I know to collect sales tax in the state I live!

[pangaia]

20. I'm a New Yorker. I'll tell them...

Ya know....
Just in case they don't know.

[Scarsdale]

4. Amazon should

release a copy of their tax returns, then challenge the Orange Mistake to do likewise. Also, Ivanka's company release their tax returns.

[bigbrother05]

5. Bet he thinks USPS delivers Amazon packages for free

Because Amazon touts their free delivery for orders over $50 or for Prime members, he assumes they must not have to pay the Post Office.

Dotard can't wrap his head around a company taking care of it's customers by taking a smaller profit.

[brush]

6. And paying his support businesses.

[Cha]

19. he's that stupid.

[pangaia]

21. LOLOLOL...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Undeniably trump attack on Amazon stock price is re WaPo and is Abuse of Power (impeachable). . nt

[rtracey]

9. sorry

Sorry, but Impeachable is not on the table until the congress....BOTH HOUSES turns democrat. Then and only then will this cretin, Mussolini want to be will be impeached. Not sooner.

[aggiesal]

11. That's why I refer to him as Cheetolini ! n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Not true. If House goes blue, then Republicon Senators will be desperate to save the brand.

So it is easy to see how (67 - Dems) = appr. 16 - 22 R Senators could switch.

The 2018 election is harder for the Democrats to make gains in the Senate but the 2020 election will be much easier. This is due to incumbencies and R "safe seats" (which get less safe if a blue wave sweeps the House and / or there are shocking indictments / allegations re Conspiracy Against the USA).

[rtracey]

18. hmmm sorry

I somewhat disagree, the GOP has not reacted to the bullshit this president has done so far. many on the right will just call it a fake news story, I doubt without both houses, a full impeachment and trial will occur

[gademocrat7]

8. Lying ignorant buffoon.

We have a criminal bully in the White House.

[NastyRiffraff]

14. Trumpstore? Ivanka's store?

I'll continue to use Amazon Prime, thankyouverymuch. As usual, Trump doesn't know what he's talking about, but talks anyway.

[jmbar2]

16. I think he is probably profiting from insider trading on these announcements

Along with Munchkin. He is probably making more by shorting the market than he ever did as a legit businessman.

The US needs the ability to rapidly remove a criminal from the office of President/Vice President.

[Blue_true]

22. I am careful about changing laws to remove a specific person.

It always come back to bite US, because our side is honest while the other side lies and distort. You better believe that if the law is changed, the first victim will be a democrat.

[forgotmylogin]

17. Pst...45. The USPS *is* our delivery boy.

(Although it's more of a "delivery service" not just made up of boys.) We pay for that. Amazon pays for that (even if they absorb the cost and offer free shipping to a customer).

Amazon ships enough with the post office to qualify for bulk rates, giving it a significant volume discount that varies depending on package weight and number. (Here are the postal service's latest rates.)

Amazon uses FedEx and UPS as well as its own fleet of carriers, but it often relies on the post office for "last mile" delivery -- bringing a package to a customer's door.

....

Amazon has denied benefiting from postal service favoritism. "The Postal Regulatory Commission has consistently found that Amazon's contracts with the USPS are profitable," the company told Fortune last year.

Packages and shipping are one area that's growing for the postal service, bringing in more than $19 billion in revenue last year even as volume of letters and magazines declined. In fact, its projected revenue growth "is driven entirely by increases in shipping and packages," the postal service said in its latest annual report.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/post-office-lose-money-amazon-contract-usps-fact-check-trump-tweets-again-today-2018-04-03/

Oh, and 45...

borne
bôrn/Submit
1.
past participle of bear1.
adjective
1.
carried or transported by.
"waterborne bacteria"

not...
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[BobTheSubgenius]

23. How many times have you heard THIS line in the last 18 months?

"You can't make this shit up."

[FuzzyRabbit]

24. The post office is not supported by tax money.

Donald Trump: "Amazon should pay these costs (plus) and not have them bourne by the American Taxpayer."

From https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-facts/top-10-things-to-know.htm:
"The Postal Service receives NO tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations."

Trump lies about everything, doesn't he?

[Nitram]

25. NPR had an interesting piece on this issue. Amazon has indeed negotiated a discount on shipping, but

it is a great deal for the PO because Amazon uses the PO to send packages to local destinations after their distribution network has taken care of the rest of the trip. That saves the PO a lot of money. And Amazon does indeed charge local taxes. The PO is losing money because the GOP Congress forced the postal service to pay employees' health insurance in advance. The PO makes money on Amazon deliveries.

[Wwcd]

26. Haaaaa. He should stop telling us how stupid he is.

We already know

[jpak]

28. "bourne"?????

Dumb ass