Comments on: First-Class Stamps To Cost 49 Cents As Of Jan 26

By: Not getting involved

Not getting involved — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 18:59:32 +0000

Like GM, the Airlines, NY Public School System, etc…, the corrupt Unions are killing it! Just keep those pensions going & going & going!
I agree with “pray4all”. You hit it on the head.

By: avi732

avi732 — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 16:13:00 +0000

If anyone thinks this is only a temporary 2 year hike I have a bridge for sale. They will no doubt come up with another excuse to keep the rates that high if not to raise it again.

By: pray4all

pray4all — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 16:11:44 +0000

if you are losing money you lower your prices, lower your costs, or find a way to generate more business. Just raising prices almost guarantees less business and more losses.

By: jew yorker

jew yorker — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 15:35:36 +0000

Dr. 147,
Its very simplistic, naive and mostly innaccurate to say if they’d be more reliable then they wouldn’t have lost $5 billion. The real reason they lost so much is the same reason they will continue to lose: people only use snail mail as a last resort. Email is much more efficient. Throw in a bloated usps workforce and its a recipe for fiscal disaster. If usps were a private enterprise they would downsize, come up with new innovations to compete in the market. OR ELSE THEY WOULD CLOSE! But because this is a government agency and our govt is run by a bunch of criminals in suits they allow this to occur on our dime.

By: 147

147 — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 23:05:25 +0000

The Postal Service says it lost $5 billion in the last fiscal year. If their services would be more predictable & reliable & timely, they wouldn't have incurred this loss.