BobRingReflections

Proposition:   The United States Postal Service (USPS) should be reorganized to eliminate unsolicited mail commonly known as junk-mail. The Problem Using their own numbers, the USPS delivered about 150 billion pieces of mail in fiscal year 2017.   Fifty three percent of that mail, almost 80 billion pieces, was what they call direct mail (alternately referred to as advertising or marketing mail).     The point is, most of this direct mail was unsolicited - things like travel brochures, political campaign flyers, magazines, address labels, real estate notices, senior living opportunities, charity solicitations, credit card offers, investment seminar invitations, sweepstakes offers, and a host of product or service advertising material including, circulars, flyers, newsletters, bulletins, catalogs, post cards, discount packs and coupons, sales letters, brochures, and product samples.   This junk-mail situation disturbs me greatly.   The issue is highlighted when Pat and