Let's follow the example set by George C. Landrith, President of the Frontiers of Freedom Institute, and declare, "It's my mailbox dammit, and I want it back!"
- My grandfather always told me, "He who pays the piper, calls the tune." When it comes to my mailbox, I've been paying the piper - I bought the mailbox and installed and maintained it. However, the Postal Service is calling the tune - they control and micromanage the use of my mailbox. I would prefer to use my mailbox to receive my daily newspaper, school flyers and my small packages. But the Postal Service says no - only they can use my mailbox. How many mornings is our newspaper wet? How often does the school flyer get blown around the neighborhood? How many times have we missed the delivery of a package because we are not home? While it makes sense to use my mailbox to better serve my needs, I simply do not have the right under current law to make such choices. There is something wrong with this picture.
The Postal Service, and more to the point, Congress need to recognize that if it is our mailbox (and it is by any reasonable standard), it must be treated as our mailbox. Alternatively, if the Postal Service really wants to own my mailbox, I will consider selling it to them and leasing the small spot of soil on which it sits, and charging them for my maintenance of it.
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We'll try dumping haloscan and see how it works.