Private-sector groups are growing increasingly
worried that the Postal Service's board is going to consider a broad rate
increase next month, a move they say would amount to an attack on some of the
agency’s best customers.
Industries that heavily use the mail, like magazines, catalog marketers and
banks, say that a sharp hike in the postage rate would drag down their bottom
line.
Mailers also insist that, while they understand
the USPS's board of governors has to look for ways to firm up a dire financial
situation, approving a rate increase would be counterproductive for the agency,
and little more than a temporary substitute for the long-term changes the
service desperately needs.
A postal rate increase of as much as 10 percent could produce a short-term revenue burst for the struggling service, mailers say, but could be a long-term loser once companies rely less on the mail.
A postal rate increase of as much as 10 percent could produce a short-term revenue burst for the struggling service, mailers say, but could be a long-term loser once companies rely less on the mail.
