[70times7]

You have stated that the USPS is "government sponsored". That is incorrect.

I don't think you are a hypocrite, or a communist, or a democrat.

I do think it is amusing that you take 30 seconds to two minutes per day to sort through your mail, and yet you still manage to:
1) accidentally throw away correspondence you want, and
2) not to read any of those advertisements, or
3) still seem to get "fooled" into reading those letters that cleverly (/s) look like checks.

A few suggestions and comments:

If so very few organizations are sending you meaningful correspondence you should easily be able to identify and cull out their letters considering all of the time you spend each day. Pull those out and throw away the rest. It should save you loads of time.

Please apprehend that all of those letters that are expensive to prepare and mail would not be sent out if it were not positively impacting the bottom lines of all of those companies.

I like the idea that there are many companies ready and willing to take over a privatized USPS. In order to save you time I have listed them for you here:_________

I don't believe you change the channel of your television or radio every time there is a commercial; you are representing it that way so you can make the argument that one is voluntary and the other is not. Or were you truly interested in learning about feminine hygiene products? Or perhaps the benefits of palmetto. What? You say you have never heard of those products? Well, of course you haven't!

Tell you what - ONLY collect the mail if you were on the way by your mailbox anyway. Don't look at it!! Place it into a container next to your chair (right by your remote). When you are "voluntarily" watching a program and a commercial comes on, reach down and grab a handful. Sort until the commercials are over. I will wager that you get to the end of the mail long before you get to the end of those voluntary commercials. And it will open up a whole new complaint area - The FCC! (They do operate on tax dollars, BTW)

We could go back and forth on this but if you don't get it this time, I have found that it is a waste of time to... well, you know.

[chrisser]

I have said all I have to say about junk mail.

You have stated that the USPS is "government sponsored". That is incorrect.

Please enlighten me as to what the proper terminology is for an organization created by the Constitution - a document that defines the Federal government, that is run by the federal government, and whose prices are set by the government.

I like the idea that there are many companies ready and willing to take over a privatized USPS. In order to save you time I have listed them for you here:_________

This would have some semblance of meaning if the post office wasn't a legal monopoly. Funny, in package delivery, where businesses are allowed to compete, there are two major national competitors, and all sorts of regional and local competitors.