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« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2009, 03:31:53 PM » |
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Yeap, bought some the other day.
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« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2009, 03:41:18 PM » |
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another great example of a government run "business".
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"What has destroyed liberty and the rights of man in every
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whether of the autocrats of Russia or France, or of the
aristocrats of a Venetian Senate." --Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C.
Cabell, 1816.
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« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2009, 04:38:55 PM » |
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Heck, I'm still not out of the stamps that we had before the most recent increase, and I have lots of 1cent stamps to make up the difference.  Before it's all said and done I will be posting letters and bills with 41 cent stamps and 10 1 cent stamps to go with them.  |
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Keith13
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« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2009, 04:41:58 PM » |
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HA HA HA I am the reason for this. Haven't mailed a regular letter or bill in years
Keith
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« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2009, 10:59:06 PM » |
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My wife bought a dozen packs of 20 forever stamps before the price went up to .41. Big investment but we've been sending mail on the cheap. Then when cleaning out part of the garage I found a roll (50) .39 stamps and a page of .03 stamps. I have yet to buy a .41 cent stamp.
Guess we'll do the same thing with the forever stamps again and maybe I can skip buying .42 stamps.
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« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2009, 10:01:34 AM » |
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HA HA HA I am the reason for this. Haven't mailed a regular letter or bill in years
Keith
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« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2009, 10:15:43 AM » |
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Have to take that back mailed a letter to Johnnybigfish and something to Robo There is still some thing's you can't do over the internet |
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« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2009, 12:23:30 PM » |
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another great example of a government run "business".
Why, is FedEx cheaper or something? Can I mail a letter through DHL for less than 42 cents? Will UPS come pick it up from my house and drop it off at it's destination somewhere else for a fraction of the price? Can you name any private business that would do it cheaper? Perspective... get some. |
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« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2009, 02:42:36 PM » |
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another great example of a government run "business".
Why, is FedEx cheaper or something? Can I mail a letter through DHL for less than 42 cents? Will UPS come pick it up from my house and drop it off at it's destination somewhere else for a fraction of the price? Can you name any private business that would do it cheaper? Perspective... get some. The bad thing is we will never know the answer to that question. Who in their right mind would open a business competing with another company with a bottom less pocket? Plus I believe there is a law against it. If I had to make a bet yes I believe a private company could do a better job, but you must have competition Keith |
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« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2009, 03:10:40 PM » |
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One of the rights ceded to the Federal Government by the States was the regulation of interstate and international communications (mail, telegraph, radio, TV, telephone, etc.). Parcel post, packages, which UPS and FedEx specialize in, is governed under shipments of cargo between states and internationally. 2 different animals.
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