Congress had the opportunity and big surprise, they sided with companies instead of people.

Whatever happened to the Do Not Call list?

Already have, my answering machine which give the message, " Transylvanian Transfusion Services, Dr. Acula speaking.............."

I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to say, but it is estimated that a third of USPS' profits and over half of the pieces of mail being sent are 'junk mail'. Tax payers aren't paying to get junk mail, businesses are paying to send it to you at a high enough rate that the USPS generates tens of billions of dollars of revenue from it annually.

Yep. It's subsidized.

@JeffMurray Right. Businesses pay to send junk mail, and they add the amount they pay to the prices their customers pay.

@yvilletom By that definition, everything, everywhere, is subsidized at all times. A store's electricity is subsidized because they include their overhead in their prices. Employees' bathroom breaks are subsidized because staffing is worked into the budget and effects pricing. I think two out of the billion possible examples is enough.

But that's not what subsidy means. Public money (generally taxes) are used to aid a private entity because their sales/highest possible profit margin aren't enough to keep them in business. Me personally going to a business and buying something isn't a subsidy.

I have heard that they are authorized to discriminate between bulk mail (all junk) and addressed mail (may or may not be junk). I cannot vouch for this information; file it under "I have heard..." or with your other junk mail.

@AmyTheBruce Not true, if you pay for delivery, you get delivery, as is only right!

@AmyTheBruce Found this. It's more or less what I assumed. Could be bullshit, but it rings true to me. Chad Wallace who claims to work at U.S. Postal Service said, "Postal carriers don't use the term, 'Junk mail', we call non first class, no request to be forwarded mail 'bulk business mail'.

Carriers are mandated to deliver any letter/parcel with a clear designation and paid postage. Anything from 'free' political mail to expensive heavy parcels. If we delay, throw away, and/or destroy mail we can receive discipline anything from getting written up including removal and/or arrest.

The problem lies in some companies send important correspondence via bulk mail either to save money or to trick thieves who steal first class mail. Also, newer carriers may not know all the differences between the different classes of mail. Let's say your carrier doesn't deliver 'junk mail' at your request, what if something important doesn't get delivered? You report it, the Post office does and investigation, the carrier admits to not delivering some mail…he's probably fired.

If you personally know your carrier and you two have an understanding about what's 'junk' they might do it but they might ask you to give a written letter to the Post Master asking if he can. But you have more control over what gets mailed to you. Look for a website or number on the mail and contact them and ask to get off the mailing list.

Or…………just recycle it."

The reason I think this is all accurate is because I happened to be in the Post Office one day while someone was working out the bulk delivery fee for a giant box of post cards promoting her upcoming event. Seems awful to me that someone could pay them hundreds or even thousands of dollars to deliver advertising to a ton of people only to have them all just tossed in the trash for being bulk. That would be like a vendor selling you a $7 Bud Light and then knocking it out of your hand because no 'one should drink a beer that shitty'.

The 'Junk Mail' to which I'm referring here is NOT delivered by employees of Australia Post Postal Services, it IS delivered by hand and by those wishing to earn extra bucks, TAX free, from Advertising Companies and the like.
On average, every 7 days a household WILL receive approx. 8-10 rolled up advertising pamphlets, 6-8 advertising leaflets, 5-9 advertising booklets displaying the 'Weekly Specials' at various Supermarket Chains, 3 -4 Religious Circulars and few dozen or so other bits of advertising garbage, ALL hand Delivered whether you want it or NOT, the ONLY thing ONE can do is to display plainly and clearly your WISH and desire NOT to have your Mail-box and gardens polluted with THEIR rubbish.

@Triphid completely different from USA! If we had that I too would decline, to save trees & the pollution from printing, inks, etc

@Triphid That is completely different from the USA. Here, paperboys get sent cease and desist letters from the United States Postal Service if they even put the newspaper in the mailbox.

Well, let him do HIS job anywhere else EXCEPT at my house then.

Yep, got the pet Budgie to do the whole thing....LOL.

@Triphid Ah....very good move.

It worked didn't it, he'll be raking his brain trying to figure that one out I reckon.