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USPS Profits from Monopoly Just when you thought you were shopped out, the January sale season is upon us. A whole new stack of catalogues and flyers is being crammed into our mailboxes, courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service....
Instead of Raising Stamp Rates, The USPS Should Cut Costs On Jan. 8, stamp prices will climb 5.4 percent. Next week, the cost of mailing a single letter will be 39 cents. As if that weren't enough, postal analysts are predicting that the United States Postal Service will request an even bigger rate increase sometime later this year....
Consumers Got Short Shrift in Rate Case The Postal Service's captive consumers will soon pay more to mail a letter. In a decision approved Nov. 14 by the USPS Board of Governors, most Postal prices will go up by 5.4 percent on Jan. 8. That will push ...
Post Office Socialism An enthusiasm for the free market is one of this country's defining traits, and one on which many red-blooded, Budweiser-swilling Americans pride themselves. So they should: This country's exuberant private sector....
To Avoid Future Rate Hikes, USPS Must Cut Costs On Nov. 1, the Postal Rate Commission approved an across-the-board rate increase - essentially at 5.4% with some small variations. Postal analysts are now predicting that USPS will request another, larger ...
Ammunition: Does The Army Need A Second Source? One of the most significant lessons from Hurricane Katrina is the potential vulnerability of critical infrastructure and the consequences of losing unique national assets. Gasoline prices rose 25% in . . .
The Postal Service Has Bigger Problems Than E-Mail Both Congressional plans to reform the U.S. Postal Service prescribe the wrong medicine for the ailing USPS. That's because lawmakers have misdiagnosed the problem, attributing the Postal Service's ...
Crippling Labour Premium is US Post’s Most Pressing Problem Sir, your comment on the U.S. postal reform bill ("American dynamism is lost in the mail," Sept. 1) suggests that e-mail is the biggest threat to the postal industry's future. In fact, while e-mail has caused...
Implementing Logistics Transformation: A New Model for the Military Supply Chain A transformed U.S. military must be supported by a new logistics system. U.S. forces are becoming increasingly strategically deployable and operationally agile. Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have . . .
The Postal Service’s Eminently Absurd Powers Much criticism of the Supreme Court's recent ruling on eminent domain has focused on the narrow circumstances of the case: The court has allowed the City of New London, Connecticut, to seize homes
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