OT: USPS tells entrepreneurs that American citizens aren't their customers

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It's new variant of an old story. An earlier version is about the people wh o thought that they were in railroads, and found out that they were in tran sportation.

The joke is that if the USPS really was primarily interested in serving jun k mailers, they'd cut off their more remote customers. There aren't many of them, so the junk mailers wouldn't lose much of their audience, and it wou ld save a lot on delivery costs.

Junk Mailers: >"Maybe those companies should be footing the bill for the chronic deficits run by the USPS, instead of the American citizens the Postmaster deprioritized in dealing with Outbox. Sounds go to me. Mikek

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who thought that they were in railroads, and found out that they were in tr ansportation.

unk mailers, they'd cut off their more remote customers. There aren't many of them, so the junk mailers wouldn't lose much of their audience, and it w ould save a lot on delivery costs.

The junk mailers are going out of business anyway. All the major retailers now send the weekly circulars by email. And it seems local print newspapers are declaring bankruptcy and/or going out of business daily. Good riddance to the whole bunch of them. It's only a matter of time until the dinosaurs die off and paper mail becomes a Smithsonian relic on exhibit.

if it weren't for the junk mailers, they would probably be even less profitable Less and less real mail is sent so someone else has to pay for their ability to deliver letters over night.

and afaiu their hands a tied by the politicians with regards to prices and what services they must provide

-Lasse

Tell a business to stop sucking on Big Mama Government's milk-filled tit? You're certainly not on the side of the right wing, are you?

Ok, I'll offer a counter, all Junk mail must have JUNK printed on the lower left corner in a Bold font at least 1/2" tall, in red. Change the law so rural residences must use a P.O. Box. Something I find interesting, UPS and (I think ) Fedex us the USPS for the final destination delivery. Something I hate, postal clerks are salesmen, I have a box on the scales, I say "I want to send it as cheap as possible", well we have xxxxx for $39.72, "is that the cheapest", oh you can send it xxxxx for $12.48, "ya that's what I want". Also on the USPS site, you go through the sequence to get a shipping price and it says $155.78, than you find the drop down box for the cheapest rate $35.61. It's not shown you need to open it. Mikek If government were a product, selling it would be illegal. --P.J. O'Rourke

Mikek

That's not milk. It's whiskey.

That's big government.(But they never B[T]OB.)

Cheers, James Arthur

"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand." - Milton Friedman

?Soitenly?* In my best Curly Howard voice. Although I only fit part of the mold. I want government spending Cut. I want The debt eliminated. I want the boarder sealed. I want illegals sent home, but if the boarder is sealed, I'll let them stay but, they never get to vote. If they commit a crime send them home. Get rid of the milk subsidy. Get rid of the corn for ethanol subsidy. Why are government workers getting bonuses, the average worker has lost $5,000 of income since Obama took office. I think abortion should be legal. I want Obamacare repealed. I think it is a good idea to force ins. co. to cover preexisting conditions. Kids on your policy till 26 yrs old, naw. The last time I checked the ACA site with 2 kids and a $90,000 income the subsidy was $6,000 a year, who's paying for that? Although I've been told, after you signup, you find that is not true. I want people to work for their money, I don't want to see $4,000 of wheels and tires on a welfare recipients car. I would like to see a way for welfare recipients to get ahead while weaning off welfare. Not go backwards when the work and get off welfare. I'd like all poor people to copy my wife in their financial affairs.

I gotta go cut some aluminum, Later, Mikek

That's a hobby-horse of mine, which neither conservatives nor liberals seem to support. What is so f-ing hard about having a sliding scale? You report your income, you get your money, every dollar you earn always means more money (if maybe not a whole dollar) in your pocket at the end of the month -- what's not to like?

It wouldn't hurt if some education came at the same time. I recently had a conversation with a married women, two children, recently off welfare and working part time. She said she has less income know then when she was on welfare. BUT she does have a 2013 SUV that cost about $30,000. That is the most stupid thing the family could have done. I have plenty of income and assets, but have never and would never buy a new car. Just because I see it as a waste of savings. In her case a waste of her weekly income.

Mikek

Serfs beholden to the Democrat party. ...Jim Thompson

And another Christian speaks out about how we should uphold our fellow man.

Bullets are cheaper.

Go Figure.

You can opt out of many of those aggravations now:

Maybe one day you will learn something and make life simpler for yourself.

Omg...did you read this... The ftc wants you to send you ssn number to the spammers

The world has gone crazy...

Mark

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If you don't have access to the Internet, you may send a written request to permanently opt out to each of the major consumer reporting companies. Make sure your request includes your home telephone number, name, Social Security number, and date of birth.

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That's for communicating with the big credit bureaus, they may be abusive b ut they're not spammers.

to permanently opt out to each of the major consumer reporting companies. M ake sure your request includes your home telephone number, name, Social Sec urity number, and date of birth.

Republicans haven't done any better.

Put a 1 year delay in reductions in payment.

Conservatives have, when we briefly got our way, but a certain prevaricator successfully took credit.