Just for starters, advertising companies, printers, paper mills, loggers, ink manufacturers, envelope makers, artists, lay-out people, collators, mail clerks, accountants, truckers...I could go on forever.
There's hardly a doubt that almost everyone reading this has some connection with or has relatives closely or distantly connected to the commercial mailing business. These jobs (and our national economy) depend a great part on a healthy commercial mailing industry.
So even if you're irritated with the "junk" stuffed in your mailbox, remember that one man's junk is another man's, woman's or baby's bread and butter.
Just toss is out if you're perpetually offended by some of the things in your mailbox...that's what I do (after combing it for great coupons and sales events!
Leni
Yes, Junk mail equals jobs. By the same argument, a whole bunch of jobs depend on auto accidents! There are the giant corporations State Farm, All State, Progressive and Gekko. Then there are the expensive auto body shops (I had a fender bender last year and the estimates ranged from $1500 to $2500), ambulance chaser lawyers and their staff, cops to make accident reports, judges, bailiffs, court personnel, medical rehab, chiropractors, on and on and on. Next time God forbid you have an auto accident, think about all the jobs you just created.