Junk mail is actually rather amusing to me; even when, months ago, as a self described “progressive-leftist”, I didn’t really see the huge problem, except for maybe people’s futile’s efforts to stop it. Most of it turned out to be junk, some of it might be useful depending on circumstances. Just like anoyying people in public with which you must tolerate, junk mail will never go away unless the buisness of junk mail wasn’t profitable, Do-Not-Mail list be damned.

Case in point: Do-Not-Call list being bypassed by “courtesy calls”, for which a rational person would just let the message machine get it & learn how to filter their own phone traffic. Of course, back then, I considered maybe the law’s enforcing such lists weren’t strong enough, but now I look back and shake my head at such foolishness, wondering if I would’ve eventually suggested building a moat (physically and/or electronically around the house) 8D.

Liberty & free markets go both ways; the only time the USPS goes both ways is when it’s driving in circles around a ditch 8D.

Inspired a blog entry:

http://www.swordscrossed.org/node/1860

http://theforvm.org/diary/john/usps-junk-mail-protects-jobs

I love economic fallacy fodder.