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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:34PM (#23912097)
So, get rid of the “you have to make a profit” requirement, fund it via taxes, and charge the spammers normal rates.
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by DevKoala on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:38PM (#23912128)
How do you know it is spam?
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:02PM (#23912323)
It’s not worth spending 55 cents to mail it?
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by DevKoala on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @09:34PM (#23913037)
> Marketing mail volume for 2019 was 75 Billion

https://facts.usps.com/table-facts/

At a subsidy of 10 cents per envelope shipped, the US government is funding a $7.5 Billion / year worth of marketing operations for private companies and scammers of all sorts.

Also, according to those stats less than 10% of the mail throughput is used for the benefit of the citizens. Where you informed on this before engaging?

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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @09:43PM (#23913112)
It sounds like you're agreeing with me?
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by DevKoala on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @09:50PM (#23913145)
Perhaps, I believe I was confused with the "55 cents.." reply.

I agree that private entities should be treated differently. It was never the objective of the service to work the way it works now.

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