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on point

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3. They need to get OUT of the business of delivering trash!
Sat May 26, 2012, 10:04 AM
May 2012

Stop trying to sell themselves as the delivery vehicle for advertising garbage that goes from the mailbox straight to the trash!

Raise the rates for this stuff to first class rates same as everyone.

Reduce the infrastructure needs to transport this massive volume of garbage, saving on capital and labor costs that should be focused on delivering mail so they can return to their real mission which needed a much smaller footprint in the past.

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How to Save the Post Office [View all] Karmadillo May 2012 OP
I frigging LOVE the post office. I relied on it over the years while in uniform. MADem May 2012 #1
Post offices in the UK also do banking services Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #2
Japan Also nt otohara May 2012 #10
Could be info centers Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #11
They need to get OUT of the business of delivering trash! on point May 2012 #3
Except that trash is one of the reasons the postal service became as prevelant as it did. mythology May 2012 #8
I doubt the advertising pays for itself at the rate that I have to pay for a letter. braddy May 2012 #9
K&R. Great article. nt riderinthestorm May 2012 #4
Or just remove the congressional handcuffs they're shackled with. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #5
K and R senseandsensibility May 2012 #6
Two points. hay rick May 2012 #7
kick! senseandsensibility May 2012 #12
Please keep kicked! senseandsensibility May 2012 #13
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