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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:10 PM Original message |
I hate junk mail and it's not my duty to be quiet about it so that the USPS can make money on it |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. There is no right for commercial speech (spam) to be subsidized by the taxpayer. |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You actually have that backwards. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. our postage rates are being subidized by harming the environment. |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I didn't say it was a good system, just that he had it backwards. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. and the benefit tto the environment? |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. OK. :/ |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I'm not against subsidies altogether --they have their purpose |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I wonder what the price tag would be for addresses to "opt out" |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Actually the reason they are mailing so much of it to us is that it's not working anymore |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. That was somewhat true until in Spring 2007, the Democratic |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Logic problem: the post office consistently runs at a loss |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. +1 |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. I hear you, and I agree... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Most of my mail, in fact, almost *all* of it goes into the recycling bin |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. I had to go to a PO Box, simply because I get so much junk |
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matt819 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. You can stop some of it |
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WyLoochka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. My mail carrier friend told me about |
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IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. here is a site: |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. thanks. i'll give it a go. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. Me too. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. can we write "return to sender" and bring it back to the post office? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. it keeps coming |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. Whenever I received a credit card solicitation, |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. Write return to sender on it and drop it in the post office outgoing slot. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. How are those sale newspapers not considered litter? |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. I love junk mail. |
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