Posted on 10/26/2003 1:31:32 AM PST by sarcasm
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:09:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Sending an anonymous love letter or an angry note to your congressman? The U.S. Postal Service will soon know who you are.
Beginning with bulk or commercial mail, the Postal Service will require "enhanced sender identification" for all discount-rate mailings, according to the notice published in the Oct. 21 Federal Register. The purpose of identifying senders is to provide a more efficient tracking system, but more importantly, to "facilitate investigations into the origin of suspicious mail."
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
(psssst. . . look at the return address)
And what kind of identification will us mere serfs have to produce? Let me guess - a Social Security number and a driver's licence.
Will a Matricula Consular card suffice in California?
It makes one long for the days when the feds just steamed the envelopes open and photographed the contents.
Too bad it's against the law for them to have a competitor. It's what we Capitalists call a government coerced monopoly. If you wished to start a company that sent letters cheaper than the Post Office you would not be allowed to do so. And, of course, this wouldn't be at all hard to do considering the terribly inefficient way the Post Office is run. But, you can't.
Papers please!
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