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Junk mail is "useful" because it distributes information. It's much less effective than, say, books, because there's a lot of overhead and waste in sending jun
by CamelCaseName 5y ago
Junk mail is "useful" because it distributes information.
It's much less effective than, say, books, because there's a lot of overhead and waste in sending junk mail to people who don't care for them.
Beyond that, it also subsidizes other mail deliveries. If mail wasn't being delivered to every address, having someone drop off a parcel just for you would be much more expensive.
- msla 5y ago> Beyond that, it also subsidizes other mail deliveries. If mail wasn't being delivered to every address, having someone drop off a parcel just for you would be much more expensive. This is a political decision which indicts the political regime the USPS operates under.
- omgwtfbyobbq 5y agoDo you mean the American political system in general?
- msla 5y agoNot entirely, just the part that refuses to fund the USPS directly.