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Old 08-23-2020, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
That junk mail is why you only have to pay 55 cents to mail a 1-ounce standard envelope anywhere in this country.
Amazon deliveries are why the Postal Service is still up and running at all. Without their revenue they would have shut down a few years ago.

Millions of people still rely on the postal service to deliver and send actual mail. Not everyone has internet service, not everyone even lives in an area where internet service is available - even if they could afford to have a computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone to receive and send mail and other communication.

Some segments of this country are "off the grid." The USPS is their lifeline to the outside world.
There are a number of satellite internet providers so there is no such thing as "off the grid". Most of these people who don't have a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone have a television so if they can afford that, cheap tablets are available for less money than a TV.