My .02¢ about the postal service rate hike

This one should be a no brainer-- technology has outpaced what the Postal Service has to offer. 

You can send an e mail across the globe & get a response in a matter of minutes, or wait for something with a stamp to get there, one way in days?

Since the Postal Service is expecting a $7 billion dollar deficit,  last year they experienced a 12.7% decline in business, it's time for change.

 Our neighbors to the north-  Canada does not deliver mail on Saturdays. 

5 days a week should be just fine.... we could easily adapt & that would help the budget a whole lot more.  I have no problem with a .46¢ stamp. Think about it.... if I offered to give you 46 cents to  physically run something from Oregon to New York, you'd probably decline. This is a simple fix-- when an agency or business is in the hole by billions, it's time to take action. This discussion has been going around for years. Let's do something more than a .02 cent rate hike, that probably won't even cover the cost of fuel hikes in the next few years.

One other pet peeve about the post office.... excessive packaging for stamps-- Ironically... the nature series has a large mural with peel off stamps- about 1/2 the page goes in the garbage... but often that sheet comes on top of a piece of cardboard, sealed in a plastic overwrap.  (By the way, the Hawaii stamps are coming out in August). 

Use more of the space for actual stamps & lose the other throw aways.  It's the freaking nature series!