In fact, the post office had wanted bigger rate hikes, but was turned down on Nov. 13 by the independent Postal Rate Commission. The commission approved a smaller increase than the post office had asked for. The post office's Board of Governors ordered the increases into effect under protest and has asked the rate commission to reconsider the cuts it made to some of the proposals. That leaves the possibility of additional increases in the future. But as long as it's one penny at a time, customers probably won't be all that phased.
People throw pennies away all the time without even thinking about it.
Why should they bother about this. But his friend, also a construction worker, had a different take. Millions of pennies can add up to a lot of money. Dozier says the postal service will still be losing millions of dollars even with the changes and will probably have to cut costs elsewhere instead of passing them on to customers. For example, the first ounce of first-class mail will now cost 34 cents but each additional ounce will cost a penny less, dropping to 21 cents.