"Nick Cramer" > wrote in message
...
> Serene Vannoy > wrote:
> > Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > > Gloria P wrote:
> > >> wrote:
> [ . . . ]
> > > I get boxes from the Post Office, you can order these from
www.usps.com
> > > ...I get the 12x12x8 inch Priority Mail boxes...no dividers but they
> > > are very strong. They are totally free, as is the shipping. I've
> > > ordered them online and they've come in as little as two day's time.
> > > They've got a nice variety of free shipping boxes/materials, all free
> > > and deliverable right to yer door.
> []
> > They're not intended for uses other than mailing through the USPS, so I
> > would consider it unethical to do this. There's no reason my tax
> > dollars should pay for your canning supplies.
>
> I also get boxes and envelopes free from the USPS. I use them for mailing.
> I also reuse packages that merchandise comes in. I agree with you, Serene.
>

Geeze, just how old are you two fossils? ;-)

USPS was mandated by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 to be
"revenue neutral". Under todays laws it does not consume taxes nor
produce a profit with one exception - federal taxes are used to reimburse
the cost of mailing absentee ballots to citizens living overseas, for all
postal
expenses of legally blind people, for ratting out the addresses of
child-support
duckers, and for a handful of rural post offices.

Also, under the law in 1982 stamps were no longer defined as "taxes"

The reason USPS gives out priority mail boxes for free is purely a
marketing gimmick. The fact is that priority mail and first class mail are
carried on the same trucks by the same carrier, and arrive at the same
time. Check out he

http://www.usps.com/prices/welcome.htm

Note that Average Delivery Time of first class and priority mail are the
same. The weight limit of first class is 13 ounces and the size limit of
a first class package is 108 inches combined length and girth. However
the price difference between priority mail and first class is significant.

What is paying for those boxes are stupid people who see USPS
shipping boxes over and over that have priority mail slapped on them,
and just automatically tell the postal counter clerk to ship their first
class mail envelopes priority mail rather than first class. The additional
money that they
pay gives them absolutely nothing other than what they would get
from first class mail. The Post Office uses part of that additional
money to buy more free boxes that help to drill "priority mail"
into people's brains through the magic of advertising.

Ted