No Junk Mail, No Postal Service

Without junk mail, there might be no Postal Service, according to National Association of Letter Carriers President William H. Young. In a letter to Washington state legislators who are weighing "Do Not Mail" legislation that would allow people to opt out of receiving advertising mail, Young noted that it now makes up more than half of all mail, and said "its loss could mean reductions in current levels of service or, even worse, the collapse of all postal services. In sum, it would be detrimental to the Postal Service, its workforce and to citizens themselves to limit the mail delivered to postal patrons."