People see the technique above just to learn. We need real factual and truthful comments that clearly state the big picture so we can compare these comments to our own experience and we will make our own decisions. Introduce your belief of how this is negative or positive in a clear way which stays on point. No one cares about your emotional feelings on the subject. Just facts.

People should make their points with fact to back them up so we believe them. And brief enough that we can read through the comments and make our own decision about whether ethically or practically this is something that we think we should do.

I agree with the statement that all government run agencies are in financial trouble. As lbrewer42 finally states at the bottom after 4 paragraphs that could have easily been one sentence statements...if so, we would better get your point and remember your point. "As history has proven in America, leaving business in the hands of the private sector is what has produced our wealth/strength/and living standards we have helped to share with the world. Government run systems are all in financial trouble (medicare, medicaid, social security, the P.O. etc.)."

And the government is also corrupt. It's not tin foil hat stuff any longer; the facts are now undeniable. >I was a postal worker and I received a check years later from a class action lawsuit against USPS for holding back part of our salary. As the government also does constantly, they made the accounting of the paychecks so complicated it was impossible to understand. And within this government type accounting someone was easily stealing money which we knew should have been paid to us. Yes, the government was engaged in illegal activities.

But there are two sides to this story. When you receive something from UPS, the package is usually beaten on all sides. Not so with USPS or FedEx. This part is important to me know. The most important to me.

Blocking out the "routing barcodes" is ingenious....only IF it really costs the recipient we wish to stop sending us junk more money. Think of balance here people: if it becomes more work than is justified for USPS compared to the amount of money that the junk sending recipient has to pay...then it's better to leave the routing barcodes alone and not clog up the mail. To incur more cost just add more weight to the letter: Get some cheap heavy flat washers from the hardware aisle at Home Depot and tape them to letter size paper. locate the washers on the paper so you can fold the paper to fit the envelope. Even better, staggered so the washers fit between each other when the paper is folded. When they see the washers I believe that this will catch their attention more than just their own junk back at them. BECAUSE IT'S NEW AND DIFFERENT AND EFFECTIVE...."These guys/gals are not idiots, we better take them off our list" is what they will say.

THIS IS AN INTERESTING TOPIC AND THE PROCESS ABOVE REQUIRED SOME WORK TO ASSEMBLE AND SHARE SO GIVE HIM/HER SOME CREDIT. BE NICE, AS THIS WEBPAGE STATES, AND USE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE 5 MINUTES FROM YOUR DAY TO SHARE A FACT THAT IS TRUTHFUL AND HELPFUL TO ALL OF US. INSTEAD OF GETTING EMOTIONAL AND FINDING YOU LOST A COUPLE HOURS OUT OF YOUR DAY.

MAKE YOUR COMMENTS THAT ARE TRUTHFUL AND OBJECTIVE IN A WAY THAT YOUR REAL POINT(S) ARE HIGHLIGHTED AND KEEP YOUR COMMENTS MORE BRIEF. WHICH I AM CURRENTLY FAILING SO I'M NOT JUDGING BUT LOOK! ...A GOOD BAD EXAMPLE IS DIRECTLY BELOW: hawks22gk makes claims that junk mail keeps stamp costs down, saves jobs and finishes saying just to recycle the junk mail you receive. But HOW does it keep stamp costs down? And HOW does it save jobs? And most importantly HOW does following the nicely pictured process that incurs a cost back to the junk mail sender negatively affect the USPS worker and the cost of stamps?

I'M NOT BEING MEAN. I'M SAYING: HOW CAN I BELEIVE WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE?

MY COMMENT IS ALREADY TOO LONG. To all who read this just remember...do not engage in arguing with other people who comment. Readers will filter out the comments not up to the standards that I described above anyway. Just decide to make an important point for all of us to consider in a way which is intelligent so it impacts us. Life is better if we all benefit from such discussions and we all keep our joy. Love others and help them as they help us. In context, Jesus said to turn the other cheek, but we only have 2. He was just saying to give others a second chance as we hope others would give us. He wants us to enjoy and have joy. If you feel that you love others you will have joy and if you argue with others you will have a bad sad day.

-Sincerely, Dugan (the world's most intelligent tuxedo kitty)