How U.S. taxpayers helped boost Amazon’s delivery program

Amazon’s delivery program, four years later: Amazon released new numbers about the growth of its Delivery Service Partners program, countering claims in lawsuits and media reports: 3,000 independent companies now deliver more than 10 million packages for Amazon each day, employing 275,000 people and generating a combined $26 billion in revenue in the last four years. But U.S. taxpayers have helped, as well, public records show.

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