Unfortunately the USPS does not control what they deliver. The businesses that send there mail to the USPS in most aspects request that all addresses be delivered. Although the USPS does court these businesses to do the job they are told where and to whom it will be delivered to. They have no choice. The USPS has two customers, the senders and the receivers. So unless you contact the sender to stop sending you junk mail it will continue. You can find this info on the Internet. Regarding about firing letter carriers, it does happen. There are carriers who don't make the standards during probation and those that are caught stealing or doing drugs or not delivering the mail. But the majority of the carriers are conscientious and appreciate their jobs and do not take them for granted. The USPS didn't sell the parcel post business to UPS. They just stopped doing it during the 80's because first class letter mail was a better option at the time. Instead of expanding to handle both they cut service to handle just paper mail. Then as first class mail dwindled they changed direction and decided to start package delivery again. USPS is not a dinasour, it is still trying to catch up with the rest of the private services because they deal with the federal govt and we all know how dealing with the federal govt is. But it is a universal service that sends a letter for the same price to anywhere else in USA and it delivers 6 days a week and yes there is the mail volume to justify that. There are some locations that are delivering packages 7 days a week when needed. Things are changing for the USPS slowly but surely.
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