> For reference the USPS delivers over 100B, yes billion, parcels per year.
What percentage of those are things people wanted or needed?
The USPS is a valuable service, but it is largely funded by spam. 99% of mail goes directly into the trash.
What percentage of those are things people wanted or needed?
The USPS is a valuable service, but it is largely funded by spam. 99% of mail goes directly into the trash.
Shipping and packages account for 41% and First-Class mail is about 32%.
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2024/1114-...
Feel free to reply with your sources.
This is tremendously wasteful.
Once the postcards stop appearing, you know you're on the way to the message becoming true.
While spam funds a lot of the postal service, it allows it to price mail lower than the true cost of delivering mail across the country.