Is it? I don't think I would miss the junk mail delivery service if it went away entirely.

galleywest200 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

USPS does last mile delivery for a lot of rural places.

Besides that junk mail might actually increase if a private company was paid to take it to your house since they would have a profit motive - more junk mail delivered means more profits.

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delichon 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> USPS does last mile delivery for a lot of rural places.

Not in the rural places I've lived, including my current one for 20 years. UPS and FedEx deliver to my porch. USPS has never been here. I drive to my PO box in the nearest town. I think that in this whole county they only deliver to post offices.

	▲	eru an hour ago \| parent [-]
		How does that square with their universal service obligation? Which county is that?

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AnimalMuppet 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Charge junk mail the same rate as first class. More money for the post office? That's a win. Or less junk mail? Also a win.

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fn-mote 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Junk mail is a net positive for postal service revenue. Even if you could eliminate it (major free speech concern), would it be a good idea? Who would pay extra when the can just throw out the junk in less than 2 minutes a week?

	▲	eru an hour ago \| parent [-]
		A privatised postal service could capture this as well to finance rural delivery.

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boston_clone 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

prime “can’t see the forest for the trees” sort of thinking, here