At 10:12 PM 8/8/1998 -0700, Javilk so eloquently stated:
>>
>> Isn't this terrific? It looks like Clinton is proposing that we should all
>> get Postal Service sponsored spam. As if we didn't already get enough
>> regular Postal Service junk mail -:( Please read and send your comments to
>> the Commerce Dept:
>
> Uh...
>
> On the one hand, they are right, we should all have universal
>internet access. And requiring the USPS have internet access, and
>allowing that and subsidized access to schools, MIGHT be a good way to
>insure the wiring of America.
>
> On the other hand, since when did the USPS, or the government, do
>anything economic and practical?
Contrary to popular belief the USPS is not part of the
government. Rather it is a separate entity that generates it's
own profit and keeps that profit (now at over $1 billion in
retained earnings). They are a regulated utility, much like the
telephone company or power companies were -- they need to ask
Congress for a rate increase. There are some folks who would
like to see their profits go into the social security system.
The USPS had a large booth at a Net show in the Javitts Center in
NYC earlier this year. Look for new innovations -- like postage
from the Net (in Beta at two cities now).
When my son was art director at a major ad agency in NYC, one of
his clients was USPS.
George
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