Popdose: Pop Politico: “Top 5 News Stories To Decrease Your Happiness”
Zack
· 1 year ago
Ooh, thanks for the reminder about the postage increase. I think they actually did plan that, to an extent, with the "forever" stamps.
Joe
· 1 year ago
The "forever" stamp is a good parallel for the Brentwood problem - a short-term gain (for the Post Office - more people snapping up stamps) that will come due with a much higher cost later.
1Py_Korry1
· 1 year ago
I'm curious to see the numbers on how many people are actually buying the forever stamps.
Rebecca
· 1 year ago
Just a heads up: not all stamp increases are put in place by the postal service and they take time to implement. For example, the 2006 rate hike came from a 2003 law that created a $3.1 billion fund for who-knows-what. Talk to Congress on that one.
It's tough being a business with competitors that is also a government agency not allowed to turn a profit. Where do you think all the money goes? Do you really think it goes back into the postal service?
1Py_Korry1
· 1 year ago
Well, according to this site, the money does go back into the USPS:
And yeah, because they are a non-profit organization, they are required to only "break even" so unless Congress changes the law, they can't make a profit.
Zack
· 1 year ago
My dad works for a nonprofit. They used to have plenty of extra money, which they would blow through with large travel budgets and such.
All Comments
It's tough being a business with competitors that is also a government agency not allowed to turn a profit. Where do you think all the money goes? Do you really think it goes back into the postal service?
http://www.nalc.org/postal/perform/selfsufficie...
And yeah, because they are a non-profit organization, they are required to only "break even" so unless Congress changes the law, they can't make a profit.