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		ctdonath on Aug 14, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The U.S. Postal Service Nears Collapse If you increase prices and demand falls enough, you don't get a revenue boost. Upon one USPS increase, they lost my business altogether (save for maybe 5 stamps per year, instead of 120); a one cent increase cost them a lot more.

georgefox on Aug 14, 2011 [–]

Really? I hope you're not talking about first-class postage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Postage_History.svg

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