https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/5.aspxenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/450341.aspxTue, 27 Dec 2011 21:21:57 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:450341DanielMuff0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/450341.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=450341<p> I found this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_postage_rates">here</a>:</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/US_Postage_History.svg/450px-US_Postage_History.svg.png" style="width:450px;height:225px;" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/450305.aspxTue, 27 Dec 2011 15:14:49 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:450305Wheylous0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/450305.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=450305<p> That is what I meant, JJ, yes. Am I overlooking some larger source of revenue for them?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/450302.aspxTue, 27 Dec 2011 14:22:40 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:450302John James0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/450302.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=450302<p> <blockquote><div><img src="https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/Themes/mises2008/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Daniel Muffinburg:</strong></div><div>The USPS raises its prices once or twice a year. Most of their costs is not fuel, instead it is pensions for its employees.</p> <p> </div></blockquote></p> <p> I believe he is talking about the price of the normal one ounce first class postage stamp...which hasn&#39;t been changed in 3.5 years now.&nbsp; (And even then it was a $.02 increase)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/450274.aspxTue, 27 Dec 2011 01:18:25 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:450274DanielMuff0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/450274.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=450274<p> What do you mean by &quot;relatively fixed&quot;?</p> <p> The USPS raises its prices once or twice a year. Most of their costs is not fuel, instead it is pensions for its employees.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/450244.aspxMon, 26 Dec 2011 14:40:33 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:450244Wheylous0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/450244.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=450244<p> Is it possible that inflation had a large impact on the USPS and its stamps? The price of stamps appears to be relatively fixed, though slowly climbing up. Perhaps this climb has been slower than needed given the inflation?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>