This is a false argument.
Most of the costs of mailing a letter and running the post office could be handled by the current price of stamps.
The problem is the quantity of junk mail requires the post office to have overwhelming massive and fast sorting and delivery systems.
The cost of running the post office is mainly expanding and automating to keep up with the junk mail, and putting more postmen on the ground to deliver the increased weight of mail.
And the price for the junk mail is kept artificially low. It is cheaper to send the bulk mail than it is to send a regular letter. This is because the entire postal system has been oriented to do the bulk mail first and best, and all other mail as an afterthought.
If we changed the whole system (not going to happen) to make the junk mail pay its own way, and the regular post have priority, we would all be much more pleased with the postal system.
Jerry Johnson
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/22/04 10:43AM >>>
What grates me is that many of these organizations after begging for money,
ask you to put your own stamp on the envelope.
I have to agree with what others said, do you want to pay $5 to mail a 1 oz
letter? If not then junk mail is the price you pay. One way or another your
pay.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tangorre, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:42 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: spam snail mail
>
>
> > So that means we should have another law because people are
> too lazy?
> > Hey I may be left of center on some things, but that is ridiculous.
>
> Lazy? HA! How about all the orgs and others who are too lazy
> to find out if people want their crap in their mailbox to
> begin with! That lazy argument is bunk!
>
> Its not about lazy in my opinion, its about respecting
> people's right not wanting to be bothered by useless,
> unsolicited mail. Same theory behind email SPAM!
>
>
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