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<text id=90TT0678>
<title>
Mar. 19, 1990: American Notes:Postage
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Mar. 19, 1990 The Right To Die
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 25
American Notes
POSTAGE
Up, Up and Away
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<p> If the U.S. Postal Service has its way, Americans will soon
have to pay an extra $10 a year for stamps. Last week the
agency announced that even though it plans to curtail service,
it would seek an average 19% increase in 1991, less than three
years after the previous jump of 16%. First-class postage will
go from 25 cents to 30 cents, while rates for second- and
third-class mail--the mainstay of catalog distributors and
magazine publishers--will soar as much as 33%. Business and
consumer groups are already organizing strong campaigns against
the increases, which the Postal Rate Commission has ten months
to vote on.
</p>
<p> Even Postmaster General Anthony Frank admits that, from the
consumers' standpoint, the price hikes are "too much, too
soon." Although the Postal Service has cut its work force by
20,000, to 758,000, it remains the nation's largest civilian
employer, and Frank says he has no choice but to ask for the
increases until he can get labor costs under control. The
Postal Service is expected to lose $1.6 billion this year.
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