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Originally Posted by funthea
It could in fact be doomed, if only we would let it. Think of all the cart-a-sort that would no longer show up in our mail boxes. How many trees would that save? And how about all those damn jeeps idling at every mail box. To get rid of them surely would be good for the environment.
Sadly, I don't think Obamer could resist another bailout though.
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It wouldn't save any trees at all.
A typical response from an unknowing public.
All major American/Canadian/European paper industries plant more trees than they harvest. Get rid of the mills, and there would actually be less trees.
Direct mail is a vital medium for many, many businesses. Without it, and new products, new businesses have a small chance of reaching the public.
Direct-targeted mail is by far the most successful advertising medium out there.
Bailing out the USPS would hurt less than the significant hurt it would impose on all other businesses.