>
> 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.
Never thought about it that way... And it does make sense. Although in this
day and age things work in a FUBAR state rather than ever being capable of
being run in an ideal state.
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