Submitted 2 weeks ago by Veserr@sh.itjust.works to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy02jyxz26po
Tough, they’re a private company now. They need to make money. And if they can’t, they either go under or they get nationalised. Whoever could have foreseen a situation like this? 🙄
It seems to me that nationalisation might be a good option right now. Just maybe it shouldn’t have been privatised in the first place. 🤔
Not sure how it works in the UK, but about 20% of USPS budget comes from junk mail. So if it went away that deficit would have to come from somewhere. I’m fine with that coming out of my taxes for that service, but Republicans would whine and bitch.
Also about 60% of our mail is junk mail…
The RM is already funded by taxes. So the least they could do would be to actually supply the service that they’re being paid for.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
I’d say about 90 - 95% of the physical post I get (that isn’t a package delivery) is shit I didn’t ask for or want. Junk mail in other words. Goes straight into the paper recycling. What a humongous waste of resources.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Oh I know. I get constant leaflets for random takeaways I’ve never heard of many of which aren’t even that local.