[gridlock]

It would be better if the government just produced a standard stamp with an eagle on it, and didn't bother "commemorating" this, that and the other thing. Stamps are necessary to move the mail, all the rest is not the government's business.

People who find EID important will observe the holiday whether or not the government issues a stamp. The same is true of song-birds, racehorses, or whatever other fool thing the USPS is putting on stamps these days.

[Commie Basher]

It would be better if the government just produced a standard stamp with an eagle on it, and didn't bother "commemorating" this, that and the other thing. Stamps are necessary to move the mail, all the rest is not the government's business.

I think part of the reason for commemorative stamps is that they're profitable. Collecters buy them, but don't use them. If there were no commemorative stamps, this additional market would disappear, and postal rates would be even higher.