Er . . . junk mail?
“Madam President,” [Sen. Harry] Reid said to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), the presiding officer of the Senate, “I’ll come home tonight here to my home in Washington and there’ll be some mail there. A lot of it is what some people refer to as junk mail, but for the people who are sending that mail, it’s very important.” “And when talking about seniors, seniors love getting junk mail. It’s sometimes their only way of communicating or feeling like they’re part of the real world,” Reid continued. “Elderly Americans, more than anyone in America, rely on the United States Postal Service, but unless we act quickly, thousands of post offices . . . will close. I’ve said this earlier today; I repeat it.”The US Postal Service is also a great way to ship your buggy-whips and spats.
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There is truth to what he is saying about the junk mail. As you may know, I did direct mail fundraising for more than a decade. More than any other age group they were the most likely to write letters in response. They have more free time than say a person like you who has young kids still at home.
ReplyDeleteI go into chapter and verse of why the post office loses money. It truly isn't that it lacks things to do, direct mail is multi billion dollar business. It has much more to do with too many chiefs, too few Indians and of as par for the course with both unions and government they don't utilize the staff they have in the best way.
If you get rid of some of the stupid rules that they have that muck up the works it wouldn't lose money.
Sorry, Harry Reid does not speak for this Senior (73). Maybe there are some Seniors who like receiving junk mail, which is fine, but he makes a blanket statement, "seniors like to receive junk mail". Should have used the word some (seniors) or another qualifier.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Harry can start a poll. Yes? No? to junk mail. He doesn't seem to be doing anything else in the Senate these days so I'm guessing he has plenty of free time. Who needs an ol' budget, anyway?