IMHO the USPS is a great deal...I find the service dependable and way not overpriced..what do we want 1950's prices in 2011. Nothing else we buy has increased in price so little over so many years. I think that Congress should have let them raise 1st class rates to .50 at the last raise. These silly 1 and 2 cent raises are crazy talk. two years ago I paid $1.00 for a gallon of milk...today, $2.39...now that is a price increase! (And I do not want all of you who are dairy farmers to tell me you are not getting that raise...I KNOW THAT.) You know, I hear that people do not have any money...just drive around at night and see the HUGE flat screen TV sets in people's homes...our priorities are way out of whack...just sayin...