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the postal service’s main job seems to be delivering garbage to my mailbox which gets placed directly into my garbage

i don’t totally see a downside of it not existing

Thank republicans for that.

They have tried so very hard to defund the constitutionally mandated USPS so many times that they’re forced to take on the extra revenue delivering advertisements.

Forced to take on the extra revenue? There’s been political attacks on USPS but don’t blame junk mail on that. I don’t think USPS even has a choice on the junk mail, as long as it’s legal I don’t think they can refuse the service

They could start with charging junk mail the standard first class (or postcard) price. Then they could add a feature to the Informed Delivery service that let you return pieces to sender before they're even delivered.

This isn't meant as some bare indictment to contribute to the persistent political attacks against them. Rather it shows what could be done with a growth mindset and some resources, if they were perhaps lauded as a public service and directly funded, rather than constantly under attack by societal arsonists.

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