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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I agree with most of the comments, except that the Post Office is doing a "good job" and that they have "competition". In my opinion, the Post Office is just wasting our tax dollars and should be shut down. Real companies, working for a profit, like UPS and FEDEX could deliver all of the mail and it wouldn't cost the taxpayers anything. It is a shame about the money, effort, and energy wasted to deliver tons of junk mail that most people just toss in the garbage every day.
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Just had to respond. The USPS does not get tax dollars. When you buy a stamp or mail a package they get income. just like UPS and FedEx. If they didn't have what you describe as junk mail producing income your first class mail would cost as much as a letter in Japan or Germany. Both about 79 cents for 7/10 of an ounce. Advertising works that way, do you think that everybody who read today's paper bought one of everything advertised? Same with advertising mail, you send it to everyone and hope for a 4-5% response. (Which, by the way, is a much better response rate than email ads.)