Friday, May 05, 2006

Forever Stamps

It seems that the Postal Service raises the price of stamps to send first class mail every year. According to the Washington Post the Postal Service has raised the price of stamps 13 times in the past 32 years. In January of this year the price of stamps increased two cents from 37 to 39 cents. Now officials want to raise the price once again. Are you sick of these increasing stamp prices? Well Postal Service offcials have been discussing a 'forever stamp'. A forever stamp is one that would lock in a stamp at one price and allow citizens to avoid paying for pesky two or three cent stamps when the price increases. Is this a good idea for the Postal Service? How many 'forever stamps' should be sold or printed? Why buy a regular stamp ever again?

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