The post-postal society?

• Author: Penner, Larry
• Position: Letters - Letter to the editor

There are alternatives to "The PostPostal Society" (May). Consider untapped revenue sources that could help the U.S. Postal Service avoid operating deficits and perhaps even turn a small profit. It could sell advertising space on the sides of mailboxes, on trucks, and inside and outside post offices; sell off some of its valuable real estate and move to less expensive locations; license corporations to sponsor stamps for a fee; and charge elected officials the full cost for their annoying bulk-rate mailings to constituents, which are nothing more than re-election campaign brochures subsidized by taxpayers. Future increases in the price of stamps should be directly tied to the consumer price index. Why not apply free-enterprise solutions to provide a more cost-effective product and reduce deficits?

Larry Penner

Great Neck, NY

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