Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate phone number (2013)

Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by calvertdw on Saturday March 30, 2019 @07:02PM (#19532526)

I would gladly pay the extra tax to opt out.

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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by MiddleEndian on Saturday March 30, 2019 @10:51PM (#19533469)

I went three or four months without checking my mail and eventually they gave up and stopped delivering my mail entirely, which was a welcome surprise. Unfortunately the 0.1% of mail that is useful forced me to rectify the issue.

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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by JamesCoyne on Saturday March 30, 2019 @07:10PM (#19532557)

The USPS is not directly funded by taxes.

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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by chrisseaton on Saturday March 30, 2019 @07:21PM (#19532607)

Forbes says that they're effectively funded by tax payers to the tune of $18 billion a year.

http://fortune.com/2015/03/27/us-postal-service/

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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by spaceflunky on Saturday March 30, 2019 @07:31PM (#19532645)

That’s adding the value of supposeded benefits from congress but not actual dollars. Also congress mandates crazy shit that the usps must do so any benefits are probably wiped out by them.

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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by chrisseaton on Saturday March 30, 2019 @07:36PM (#19532673)

I think giving someone a tax break or low-interest rate is basically the same thing as giving someone the dollars to pay that tax or interest. Calling that a 'supposed' benefit is silly.

Forbes' assessment is the effective value is $18 billion.

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