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Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by bs7280 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:42PM (#50444393)
What I was alluding to with "a lot of people", is Trump's administrations specifically.

Requiring the post office to be profitable is like requiring the highway system to be profitable from tolls. The freeway system being free generates so much more economical value for the country than what it costs to maintain them.

I would say the post office should be free, if it were not for the insane amount of spam mail we already get.

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Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by autoexec on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:44PM (#50446726)
Make it free for letters sent as personal mailings (residence to residence) and much more expense for bulk senders to help offset the loss of stamp money. I wouldn't even mind of they operated at a loss year after year.
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