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I’d have to see a citation for the sources of these “quotes”.

They sound fake but accurate.

Agreed. These are the sorts of urban legends people get started when the boss's back is turned.

And I agree that our postage hikes have been too high.

Here's a graph that's real, but not quite accurate:

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Notice how since 1980. there has been a special commission to make sure that a first-class stamp always costs the weirdest, most inconvenient amount possible. It messed up on only one occasion, when there was a 25-cent stamp.