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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hah.  Her premise isnt terrible, but Amazon is not a good example.  Amazon's Prime program costs them way more money than they get out of it -- the original idea was that it would pay for itself within 5 years, but 5 years came and went and they still lose money with every item with free shipping.  They are damaging many other businesses with their free guaranteed shipping, that they can't afford and that other businesses can't afford.  Not just shipping costs, all their pricing is too low to be sustainable, for then or their competitors.  Not a win. [/quote]

So America should stop trying to be great because it might make some other countries not feel as great? That's all I get from your example.[/quote]

It's not my example, it's the author's example.  Amazon's business model has been to run everything as a loss leader until they can raise their prices and recoup their losses, but that hasn't happened yet.  They have diversified, so they are able to stay afloat, even by running huge deficits.  I personally disapprove of their business practices, but more to the point, I don't think they should be emulated by a country.  Amazon, IMO, is a bad example.[/quote]

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