[EGPWS]

To put things in perspective, the price of a stamp in 1863 was 3 cents… so we’re talking about a 100% increase in 108-years, followed by a 733% increase over the next 40-years. And yet, despite such rampant price inflation, the US Postal Service is hemorrhage cash and nearing failure.

From 1863 to 1963, the postal service wasn't a socialized jobs service politically driven like it is nowadays.

Socialism is expensive.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Collectivism sought to get rid of the gold and silver standards to devalue the dollar and in the end devalue human life.