U.S. Postal Service responds to loss of business to the Internet by raising rates.

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Only a government service would come up with such a solution.

Let's see, if this was a for-profit business, a better way might be to reduce the number of days of delivery. If we can skip Sunday deliver, why not Saturday also?

How many letters do you get? How many are bills? And doesn't every postal increase push you toward email, ebills and epayment?

And, since we are looking for ways to decrease the deficit, how about selling the federal postal service and getting an annual payment from a private postal service?