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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by apocalyptic0n3 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:51PM (#23912228)
> The chart doesn't show the relative volumes of mail. For every priority mail package at $14.95 that same $14.95 buys HUNDREDS of pieces of junk mail.

Volume has nothing to do with revenue, which is precisely what the original poster pointed to and was being refuted:

> The USPS's primary revenue source is as a Spam delivery service.

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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by donor20 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:08PM (#23912374)
Fair point - but the perception is that marketing is a majority of the mail even if it's not a majority of the revenue. And since you can't get out of EDDM mailings you are stuck with these. It wouldn't be that hard to red dot or something your box so the carrier knew you didn't want the junk mail.
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