Postal Letter

Can You believe that the U.S. Postal Rates are going up again on May 12?

A letter will be $.42 cents and the other rates will be announced. I'm glad that there's no inflation.

Public Comments

1. Everything is going up. The government lies about the true rate of inflation. I'm not surprised that postal rates are going up again. Working at the Post Office is a very good job. I wish the rest of us could earn and receive the benefits that Post Office employees receive. Good question.
2. As long as the U.S. government continues to deficit spend, and dilute the money supply by printing more money, you can expect inflation in every sector. The Post Office is self supporting, so they have to deal with inflation the same as a private business.
3. Wish my sales and wages were increasing at the same rate as all my expenses have over the past 5 years. See what happens when the federal government falsely presents statistics such as inflation, unemployment and GDP? The middle class and our jobs are being squeezed out of America. Apparently, we are all disposable. Idiots. Do they think the factory workers in China could afford to support the businesses and the government like we have? bwaaaahahahahahaaaa
4. AGAIN...........gee....will wonders never cease. They sort of have us over a barrel since they are the only postal service allowed to operate in the USA.
5. Actually, as more and more people use email and auto paying, there is less and less mail. Now normally, you would think that if demand drops, price would drop too, but we are dealing with the cost per item to move a letter from A to B. The more items getting sent, the lower the cost, because a mail truck is a mail truck whether it is full or empty... Plus, I think Fed Ex and UPS have really put a dent in the post office's business too.
6. I want to add my two cents to what cknoce just said. (okay, just once cent). People on the outside believe the U.S. Postal Service employs a lot of deadbeats, so why should they keep supporting this monopoly with further increases? The problem is, as is with most corporations, too many on top earn far too much off the sweat and heavy labor of the many workers it employs. As far as postal rates go, on a worldwide basis, the U.S. customer receives the best service at the least expense. But you must understand that the service you desire is not universal in that many moods go into a day's work, and sometimes the service is disrupted or careless. Personal computers have taken away what was cherished and loved for centuries in the form of letter writing. Emails are a fast way of getting short messages out without all the flair and humanity attached to the art of letter writing. So, as the business dies off, they have only one option left... to steadily increase rates. Recently the Postal Service employed a bunch of low wage earners who have been downsized out of other jobs from corporations. Although some believe the benefits are better than most will provide, it seems they cost way too much for what they do. Their insurance plan is a joke. Prudential does better than that. Healthcare is not what it should be, so no plan gives you all the protection you need. Many U.S. Postal employees have been subjected to injury. The job can be stressful if you allow it to be. Whether that penny increase will go a long way is doubtful in that they pay bonuses to management that don't deserve to be rewarded. Those who produce should be rewarded, but aren't. They usually go unsung. It's a shame a fine institution is being broken apart due to the forces of getting cheaper products to avoid paying a decent wage. Some today may believe they have a good job, but that is tenuous and can change on the flip of a coin, while corporations keep looking to save on the backs of lower earners while rewarding heavily the fat on top. ...and nobody can do a d+mned thing about it. ( I usually write on Yahoo Answers when I can't sleep. I keep writing about the injustice I see in the working world today, and nobody can do anything to stop the abuses of top managment on the rest of the hard working class.)