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In reply to the discussion: 50-Cent Stamp, Other Postal Changes Coming [View all]tclambert
(11,085 posts)27. Germany and Japan tried privatizing their Postal Services. Rates about double ours.
Japan hated it so much they went back to government running the Post Office. Interestingly, in both cases, their Postal Service also ran a bank. In Japan it was the biggest bank in the country.
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fedex uses the postal service to deliver their packages in rural/remote areas of the country
madrchsod
Feb 2012
#11
Raise it to a dollar. One dollar for First Class Mail coast to coast? Bargain. nt
onehandle
Feb 2012
#9
Germany and Japan tried privatizing their Postal Services. Rates about double ours.
tclambert
Feb 2012
#27
The USPS gives those junk mail mass mailers huge discounts. They are not paying 50 cents
Incitatus
Feb 2012
#68
I'm more glad than ever that I spent over $200 on Forever stamps when they were 39 cents
slackmaster
Feb 2012
#45
It won't affect me much. I can't recall the last time I actually wrote a letter.
razorman
Feb 2012
#62