http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2012/01/21/is-a-1-cent-increase-in-the-price-of-postage-stamps-the-solution-to-the-financial-problems-of-the-united-states-postal-service-why-or-why-not/ Discuss the local stories and questions. Mon, 20 May 2013 01:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2012/01/21/is-a-1-cent-increase-in-the-price-of-postage-stamps-the-solution-to-the-financial-problems-of-the-united-states-postal-service-why-or-why-not/comment-page-1/#comment-9000 1953mgtd Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:04:00 +0000 http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/?p=7950#comment-9000 i think they should sell it to UPS since they deliver to every address anyway. then put the money they get to some better use. 

]]> http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2012/01/21/is-a-1-cent-increase-in-the-price-of-postage-stamps-the-solution-to-the-financial-problems-of-the-united-states-postal-service-why-or-why-not/comment-page-1/#comment-8999 gary 6560 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:15:00 +0000 http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/?p=7950#comment-8999 No,I`ts not the solution. The postal service is going under,Raise the cost to 50cents and put 2 cents back into social security and 2 cents to the post office and give me the rest.

]]> http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2012/01/21/is-a-1-cent-increase-in-the-price-of-postage-stamps-the-solution-to-the-financial-problems-of-the-united-states-postal-service-why-or-why-not/comment-page-1/#comment-8998 Docile Jim Brady Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:44:00 +0000 http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/?p=7950#comment-8998 I do not believe a 2.3% increase is adequate to offset the USPS cash flow problem. Inflation is higher.

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]]> http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2012/01/21/is-a-1-cent-increase-in-the-price-of-postage-stamps-the-solution-to-the-financial-problems-of-the-united-states-postal-service-why-or-why-not/comment-page-1/#comment-8994 Mike Davis Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:09:00 +0000 http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/?p=7950#comment-8994 i think 10 cents would be what they need this way they wouldn’t be coming back every few years to penney dime us to death plus get their act together run their business more profitsblr and leave us alone….

]]> http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2012/01/21/is-a-1-cent-increase-in-the-price-of-postage-stamps-the-solution-to-the-financial-problems-of-the-united-states-postal-service-why-or-why-not/comment-page-1/#comment-8993 B.K Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:52:00 +0000 http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/?p=7950#comment-8993 No, because they need to get to the real problem, which is paying their employees too much money. Everybody else is getting paid less these days, so why doesn’t the postal service suffer as well?

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