[I want the USA back]

Ultimately the government will have to bail them out. Raising the price makes people use the USPS less, which makes them raise the price.
Maybe they should hire people based on qualifications, and not because they are politically connected or member of a privileged “victim” group.

[muawiyah]

USPS mail volumes usually have a little jump just about a month before a rate increase, but there's no serious downward trend after such an increase.

The big driver we discovered was quarterly tax payments ~ depended on when they occurred how companies would structure the expenses surrounding their mailings.

People will beat the taxman before they'll quit sending you advertisements ~ or BILLS