The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Service [pdf]
The USPS's primary revenue source is as a Spam delivery service. That basic problem is why it has refused to modernize. Anything with any significant value is already sent via Amazon, FedEx, DHL or UPS, or hand-delivered (in the case of really valuable stuff).<p>See:<p><a href="https://www.insidesources.com/outbox-vs-usps-how-the-post-office-killed-digital-mail/" rel="nofollow">https://www.insidesources.com/outbox-vs-usps-how-the-post-of...</a><p>The USPS has to be reformed and it needs a new purpose in life, other then stable government job for people. There needs to be significant value that others cannot meet. The reformation that is needed is being blocked.<p>For example, how about allowing me to pay $5 a month to not have you deliver crap into my inbox? Or to fully digitize the process, so I don't have a recycle bin full of crappy products, alumni magazines, and pizza coupons that I don't need or want.<p>Oh. And stop selling my data to third parties as well. Looking at you NCOA database.