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p> STAMP ACTS br> Re: Tracy Robinson's You Can't Lick 'Em : /p> p>I must be the only person in the country, save the postal workers, that seems to think the USPS does a pretty good job. Thirty-seven cents to send a letter anywhere in the country? My mail brought to my door? (OK, out at the end of the driveway.) Reasonable expectations of pickup and delivery times and even today remote mailbox drop off locations. Perhaps it is more the workings of my living in the heartland or fly-over area of the country, but personally I am hesitant to be critical. I happen to think the USPS is doing pretty well, at least in the center of the country. br> -- Roger Ross br> Tomahawk, WI /p>

I have some solutions for Tracy -- use the computer.

I personally have stopped mailing at least 10 monthly bills by paying them online. And I'm not using a monthly service for this, I just pay those businesses that accept online payments. All of my credit cards do. Both my phone companies do.

So the USPS didn't earn an extra 30 cents from me in the increase, they lost the previous $3.40 a month. Then I decided to drop my cable and electric payment off locally while I run errands. That's two fewer stamps a month. And I elected to receive E-Bills from the three companies that offer them and thus they don't send me a paper bill in the mail. That is now about 15 different mailings the USPS no longer delivers each month.

p>But we do need the USPS, so far, to get the "American Spectator" and "National Review On Dead Tree"!

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