It all started when I joined the ACLU. The flow of snail mail into my box was light - a credit card approval here, a bill there. Then I started getting regular pleas for cash from the ACLU - not surprisingly. Unfortunately, along with it came pleas from Greenpeace, the NAACP, the DNC, People for the American Way, and every liberal-leaning group you could think of. (Contirbuting to Clark's campaign added to the junk, too.) Now I can't escape the flood of political junk mail!
Where does it all come from? Do all of the groups send their mailings through a common clearinghouse, or do they just share lists? I'm assuming it brings in money for them - but I can't see how. I'd rather they saved their money, because I just don't respond to targeted mailings, period. Who does, exactly?