Post Office Proposes Stamp Rate Increase

YAHOO NEWS ^ | 3 May 2006 | AP

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Why don't they just raise it to 50 cents and get it over with??

[mysterio]

I have the solution. Complete privatization of the postal service, and then they can raise it as much as they want. And we'll privatize NASA to boot.

[Old Grumpy]

Another postage increase ALREADY?? Cripes.

[stopem]

Good grief! Cost of living just keeps increasing while businesses import slave low wage illegals to bring down everyones wages.

[kimmie7]

snaps and dittos and bttt to that!

[Carl LaFong]

Here's a solution--put advertising on the stamps.

[Vision]

These folks are out of control. I'm still using the last few 2c stamps from the last increase

[goodnesswins]

I suppose pretty soon they'll find a way to charge me for sending my payments from my bank account to pay our bills....WITHOUT THEIR HELP.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Apparently the USPS hasn't heard of supply-and-demand.

More people will switch to online bill pay.

[AbeKrieger]

It's still the best deal around. I'm not one to support price increases but (based on my experiences, yours may vary) the postal service is efficient and cost effective for first-class mail.

[satan]

Once again part of the increase results from illegal aliens jamming the post office, senduing packages and money orders back home.

Visit your local post office and notice who is in line. Medicate, educate, incarcerate and now (what's a good word for citizens subsidizing illegal alien use of the mail)?

[upchuck]

Privatize the USPS now!

Or at least let UPS/FEDEX/DHL/ETC handle letters and junk mail.

[Don Corleone]

I remember the 3 cent stamp and twice a day delivery, That of course was BEFORE the Postal Workers Union took control of things. Way to Go big government Unions.

[Thebaddog]

If the price of doing business goes down as in the cost of gas for transport, will the cost of postage go down? Snork, chortle.

[The South Texan]

Online bill paying will become even more attractive and the Postal Service will continue to lose more money.

[SheLion]

More people will switch to online bill pay.

I did.  A few years ago.  I love it!!!!

[maine-iac7]

geeeze - my little post office, just this past week, finally got rid of it's old stamped envelopes and now using the new ones. Let them at least cool off

[null and void]

Is there some rule that postage can never end in a 0 or 5?

[trebb]

And yet, in Gulfport, MS, they have yet to hire new postal workers for those they lost in the aftermath of Katrina. Over eight months later and they are holding off on new hires "in case they get some transfers". The result is piles of mail on the floors of the main post office and no idea of when it might ever get delivered. The only stuff getting through reliably is local stuff and junk mail. Anything from out of the area is gathering dust. The IRS says my check was mailed on 7 April and it has not shown up yet - I'll bet there are thousands of important items piling up and yet the Post Office wants yet another rate increase for even worse service. Heck, our grand daughter never got her first Christmas package from us and I turned in the insurance claim and never got contacted. Now I am told that they have no record of it. UPS is the way to go and the USPS is an evil that can't be totally pushed aside.

[newgeezer]

the threat of a presidential veto.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

How fitting it would be for GWB to make something like this the target of his only veto.