A group of mailers denouncing the U.S Postal Service's next proposed rate increase made their message clear yesterday at a press conference at the Spring National Postal Service. The group, called the Ad Hoc Coalition Against the Postal Rate Increase, included members of taxpayer and consumer watchdog groups such as Citizens Against Government Waste, the Cato Institute and PostalWatch. While hundreds of executives from the postal service are here at this feel-good retreat, hobnobbing, millions of Americans and American businesses are facing a large mail increase next year hat could be devastating.
Prices continue to rise while service and efficiency deteriorate.
The only thing propping it up is special breaks from the government and monopoly status. Now is not the time to raise rates, suspend capital projects, cut service or enter risky new markets. He also said the USPS could gain financial viability without a single layoff, early-out program, rate increase or cutting services. A spokesman from the USPS had no comment on the protest.