What do you suppose it costs USPS to raise the cost of the first ounce of first-class postage by 1¢?
I'll bet it costs more than a penny to raise rates by a penny? So, if it does, then it's a pretty stupid move to raise rates, isn't it? You can't make up that loss by increasing volume!
Now I'm like you. If there has to be an increase, I'd prefer a one-penny increase to one of two or three or five cents. But maybe no increase is even better?
Should the postal workers' unions be busted? What do you think a window clerk earns? You'd probably have a heart attack if you found out. And a mail carrier? What should a mail carrier earn? What do they earn?
An acting postmistress in Santa Fe told me in 1989 that the window-clerk position paid $33,000/year. I was shocked! For selling stamps and making change? It was a good $7.00/hour then. But it paid $16.50/hour. Outrageous! What does it pay now? $55,000? $65,000?
There is a young woman at the Circle K convenience store who would put any USPS counter person to shame. And I'll bet she earns minimum wage.
Buy the stamps before Sunday.
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