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by timjahn 5239 days ago
So Canada has this option, and a commenter above said Germany does. Why does the US not have this?

What's even sadder is I cannot fathom how you guys have this option. The US has literally grown up with junk mail - it's always about 99% of mail and we cannot fathom what life is like on the other side!
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rdouble 5239 days ago
Junk mailers are the postal system's main customers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/sunday-review/the-junking-...

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timjahn 5239 days ago
Which further proves why the Postal Service is not necessary and will not be missed when it's largely out of service 5 years from now.
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politician 5239 days ago
Doesn't the Postal Service serve as the source-of-record for addresses? I think that'd be missed.
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