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Sign petition to scale back USPS rate increases

Kara Witham avatar
Kara Witham from SecretSafeBooks 6:26 pm Jan 26, 2013 EST
We petition the obama administration to:
Stop or scale back the U.S. Postal Service international shipping price increases on January 27.

You will need to create an account on Whitehouse.gov, it only takes a few minutes.

Sign petition here:
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-or-scale-back-us-postal-serv...

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Kara Witham avatar
Kara Witham from SecretSafeBooks 6:26 pm Jan 26, 2013 EST
24, 976 more signatures needed by January 31st.
Cindy avatar
Cindy from cindylouwho2 6:28 pm Jan 26, 2013 EST
considering USPS is almost bankrupt, & the US used to have the lowest shipping prices in the world, I don't see this getting very far. But good luck!
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Rachael from HookStitchTreasure 6:30 pm Jan 26, 2013 EST
Lol - American international shipping costs are so so so out of line with the rest of the world. People are ridiculously panicking over nothing here.
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Serena from SerenaSmithLampwork 6:31 pm Jan 26, 2013 EST
why?
crochetgal avatar
crochetgal from crochetgal 6:33 pm Jan 26, 2013 EST
I'd much rather pay a bit more in postage and keep the post offices open than have more post offices closed and a cut back in service.

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ThePlayfulNeedle from ThePlayfulNeedle 6:33 pm Jan 26, 2013 EST edited
The reason USPS isn't making money is because in 2006, Congress voted to make them pre-fund about 80 years' worth of retirement benefits. That's right - benefits for employees who haven't even been born yet! This increase isn't so that USPS can grow ever-richer like an oil company; it's so they can stay afloat. I don't think it's fair to ask that post offices close and people lose their jobs just so we can continue to enjoy the luxury of low postage rates (which, even with the increase, are still lower than a lot of other countries).


So US sellers no longer have an advantage over sellers in another country whose item might be the same price but whose postage is higher - oh well! If buyers see what they want at a price they like, they'll still buy.
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SomeOtherStuff from SomeOtherStuff 6:34 pm Jan 26, 2013 EST
Yes its going nowhere.
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Shan Parker from GreenIlluminations 6:35 pm Jan 26, 2013 EST edited
Yeah... not signing that. Although I think the international hikes are a little crazy, they are barely keeping their head above water. I'd rather have higher rates than nothing at all.
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Holly from FiveLittleGems 6:35 pm Jan 26, 2013 EST
crochetgal from crochetgal says
I'd much rather pay a bit more in postage and keep the post offices open than have more post offices closed and a cut back in service.
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can you imagine the nightmare? i won't be signing it.

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