That'd be awesome, but I expect there'd be significant pushback from the direct mail advertising industry that makes up a good chunk of the postal service's revenue.
- It's slightly depressing to come home to no new mail (I know, that's just a weird mental thing for me).
- More importantly, it helps keep the postal service afloat, something that I think is an important service.
-- It keeps a sizable chunk of U.S. government workers employed. Employed is good.
-- It acts as a proxy wellness check for elderly and rural citizens.
-- It lets Grandma cheaply send me a card and $20 for my birthday. Email and Venmo just doesn't cut it.
100% agree. I still enjoy getting the mail every day after I get home from work. I even find the junk mail interesting, in a "Why in the world did they send this to me?" type of way.
Couldn't that material be better put to use elsewhere?
In the grand scheme of annoyances that include telemarketers, throwing out some mail every day is pretty minor.
It does clog up my mailbox but since I swapped out for an extra-giant one that isn't really a problem any longer.
The bundle of grocery store ads that comes every Tuesday, I could do without. I don't shop at any of the included stores, but the bundle has such a mish-mash of odd sized circulars that I have to go through it since important mail gets mixed in frequently.