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Affordable Mail Alliance: Proposed Stamp Price Increase is a "Tax" Hike
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jul 06, 2010 05:10pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Jaywon Choe |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Tuesday, July 6, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Just hours after the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced that it would seek a number of rate increases, opponents of the proposal created the Affordable Mail Alliance in an attempt to fight the plan.
According to their website, the newly formed organization is a coalition of charities, small businesses and customers who use the post office everyday--all of whom are "customers that will suffer if USPS successfully raises rates again." Their members include the Alliance of Independent Store Owners and Professionals, the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, the National Geographic Society and several magazines publishers such as Conde Nast, Hearst Magazines, Reader's Digest and ESPN the Magazine.
In a statement released today, the group's spokesman Tony Conway said, "This proposed rate increase amounts to another tax imposed on Americans at a time when the economy can least afford it." He added: "Consumers everywhere will pay more for the letters and packages they need to send; struggling businesses - large and small - will suffer and even more jobs will be lost."
Among the proposed rate hikes is a 2 cent increase on first-class stamps, which would bring the total cost up to 46 cents. The current 44-cent first-class rate took effect May 11, 2009, after the post office issued another set of increases. |
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