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TexasBushwhacker

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3. Enough with the nickel and diming every year

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 05:27 PM

16 hrs ago

Sending a letter coast to coast for the cost of a single stamp is STILL a bargain, considerably lower than other countries. Raise it to $1. Contribute to the pension fund. Adequately staff post offices.

The US has the cheapest postage among 31 countries.

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USPS to suspend pension contributions, seeks 4-cent stamp price hike [View all] BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago OP

$4.25 gasoline doesn't help . James48 17 hrs ago #1

Especially since Trump Old Crank 10 hrs ago #15

The USPS is required to pre-fund employees retirement.. summer_in_TX 9 hrs ago #17

That ended 4 years ago when the Postal Service Reform Act was passed MichMan 1 hr ago #30

It's being systematically destroyed in preparation for privatization or elimination. CousinIT 17 hrs ago #2

Explain how it was defunded when it doesn't get any taxpayer subsidies? MichMan 11 hrs ago #11

Government not paying for a constitutional requirement Old Crank 10 hrs ago #14

You are correct; going all the way back to 1970 MichMan 10 hrs ago #16

1970. quakerboy 1 hr ago #28

Enough with the nickel and diming every year TexasBushwhacker 16 hrs ago #3

more or less quakerboy 1 hr ago #29

I get 3 letters a week and have Amazon PKG deliver once a week. Jacson6 16 hrs ago #4

"The Internet has replaced the mail delivery service for most correspondence. IMHO." BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago #6

Interestingly, in our rural area, Starlink is the only satellite service we could get. Dixiegrrrl 13 hrs ago #9

Postal carriers would be part time and only work one day a week? MichMan 2 hrs ago #23

STOP delivering mail on Saturdays and save billions Bengus81 16 hrs ago #5

Or just fund the USPS properly, and get rid of the trump appointees running it into the ground quakerboy 2 hrs ago #21

It was reckless for congress to stop funding it in 1970 MichMan 2 hrs ago #24

When I was a child the stamps were four cents. twodogsbarking 14 hrs ago #7

All under the expert hand of DeJoy! He has financial interests in privatization of the USPS dontcha know! n/t PatrickforB 14 hrs ago #8

He left last year but the damage is done. BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago #10

DeJoy resigned a year ago n/t MichMan 11 hrs ago #12

But the damage he did remains. I do stand corrected, but the USPS is still having DeJoy issues. n/t PatrickforB 10 hrs ago #13

It wasn't just him it was the Republican as a whole as they've been conspiring for decades to kill the USPS. cstanleytech 7 hrs ago #20

Well before DeJoy was appointed, the requirement summer_in_TX 8 hrs ago #18

Thankfully, they pre-fund bullshit was finally repealed BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #25

Frankly I think a national gas and diesel tax specifically for funding the postal service only is needed. cstanleytech 7 hrs ago #19

Time to stock up on Forever stamps again Maeve 2 hrs ago #22

Surprised TPTB haven't decided structuring is involved. bucolic_frolic 1 hr ago #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Dyedinthewoolliberal 1 hr ago #27

Umm... OldBaldy1701E 1 hr ago #31

It may have been bad, but passed with overwhelming support by voice vote in the house & unanimous consent in the senate MichMan 56 min ago #32

Congress has made other mistakes that they were all in on before. OldBaldy1701E 39 min ago #33

"It is a shame that they don't see the need to fix this one." BumRushDaShow 9 min ago #36

You're right, it wasn't just a GOP idea and now it's been repealed, and yet D. Spaulding 16 min ago #35

I retired from USPS two years ago; I don't think there's anyway the USPS is D. Spaulding 20 min ago #34