Posted on 12/26/2013 6:31:31 AM PST by Morgana
Mailing a letter is about to get a little more expensive.
Regulators on Tuesday approved a temporary price hike of 3 cents for a first-class stamp, bringing the charge to 49 cents a letter in an effort to help the Postal Service recover from severe mail decreases brought on by the 2008 economic downturn.
Many consumers won't feel the price increase immediately. Forever stamps, good for first-class postage whatever the future rate, can be purchased at the lower price until the new rate is effective January 26.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Didn’t they used to have a jingle about ‘change from your dollar’ or some such?
Well, at least the Post Office (and Post Roads) are a constitutional function of the Federal government.
Can’t say that about most things they do.
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Nothing says socialism like being able to mail a letter next door or three thousand miles away for the same price.
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To put that in perspective, they lost 16 billion in 2012.
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