If the USPS is losing money, why am I getting so much garbage spam physical mail? Are we subsidizing the cost of spam to ourselves? Why not just charge all these spammers whatever it costs to at least break even?
How about min stamp price = $5 and if it's not worth it, email me?
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Almost half of all USPS mail is junk mail. Probably more at this point. Everyone acts like it's all Grandma Ethel sending people birthday money. When Theil-backed Outbox tried to digitize mail, USPS shut them down. Postmaster Gen told them essentially "Junk Mail are our clients."
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Apparently, they're making losses on this "vital" business line. Honestly, I don't even need to get mail every day. I could get it once a month and not be bothered.
Make the rates on spam (or all physical letters) punitive, cut back deliveries to weekly.
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And abolish the monopoly on first class mail. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_
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So true. It’s all a political con job. I literally only check my mail once a month because of all the junk mail I get.
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Agreed. Some (public) services are too cheap or insufficiently taxed. Mail and electricity come to mind.
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