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 (DIR) Post #ASeeGqVPdnNaguYKnY by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-02-14T01:21:17Z
       
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       48¢ for a domestic postcard is a national disgrace.#mailchauvanism
       
 (DIR) Post #ASeh96xurN5JHmt9d2 by SeanMoriarty@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-02-14T01:53:29Z
       
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       @publius I agree. Mostly I just use 1st. Class stamps. Maybe we should be happy they haven’t eliminated them altogether.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASeurxePdXOQpgTxgG by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-02-14T04:27:15Z
       
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       @gemlog In 2009 it was 28¢.That's an increase of 71% in 14 years, for an implied annual consumer-price inflation rate of 3·85%, far higher than the authorities will admit to over that period.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASezBX2QguUvu4IskK by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-02-14T05:15:38Z
       
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       @gemlog A first-class parcel of 13 ounces has gone from $3·26 to a variable rate, depending on distance (which is contrary to the spirit of first-class mail), of $7·50―8·25.Taking the lower figure, that's an increase of 130%, an annual price escalation of 5·6%.The price of delivering the mail hasn't risen to any such degree. Congress has deliberately burdened the Postal Service to make the economics of its operations look worse and worse.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASf9pa83cNjKc8fiYS by cosullivan@mstdn.io
       2023-02-14T04:44:13Z
       
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       @publius the annual rental of the smallest USPS PO Box in 2019 was $104.  In 2023 it is $166. a 59.6% increase in four years@gemlog
       
 (DIR) Post #ASft0M3skwze6kEKQq by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-02-14T15:41:04Z
       
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       @gemlog The really offensive thing to me is that, under the US Constitution, postal service is a core responsibility of the Federal government (which will surprise nobody familiar with our War of Independence). And yet none of these so-called "originalists" could care less about it.