The US Postal Service is considering an increase in the cost of stamps from $0.44 to $0.46 to help make up for budget short fall. Republicans would have you believe that the Postal Service is just over spending and all they need to do is tighten their belts a little. While there may have been some excess spending the in the past the Postal Service has cut over 200,000 positions since 2001. In 2006 mail delivery had reached its peak so the suggestion that email has cut into mail is vastly overstated.
One thing that I would like to see the Postal Service do is to stop subsidizing big business with the special bulk rates. We as consumers essentially pay a higher price per stamp to get more junk mail, since the rate to ship junk mail is well below that of a standard envelope. The only problem is the general public doesn't have a lobby group that will drop a few million dollars in the pockets of elected officials to end this practice.
The Postal Service it self suggested delivering junk mail is part of the reason for their economic woes so lets increase the fee on the big business of junk mail and make them at least pay the same rate as you and I.
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