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All those workers are still a small minority of the people who receive it, otherwise junk mailing would be completely cost prohibitive.

Of course, even if they weren't, that's still not a good reason to keep it. If we're going to pay just to keep people employed, there are better holes to dig and fill up again.

Disagree. Is there a survey that shows this?

Why, yes: 81% of Americans support the creation of "Do not mail" lists to reduce advertising on their postal mailbox[1].

: http://phys.org/news/2012-12-survey-americans-mail.html



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