True but I’m talking more like your basic one ounce letter, bill, etc. The diff. between 45 cents and say 60 cents shouldn’t matter to most people. I’m not saying that to be greedy—only to balance our budget deficit.
Admittedly machinery, gas costs—and yes, people costs—
are the reason for this. USPS is the only agency required to prefund retirement for the next 75 years (employees not even hired yet) over 10 years. In some ways, we’re providing for the future, but it puts USPS in huge debt.
The post office should have provided “free email” and made that the equivalent of first class mail in terms of the law.
As it stands now, all federal courts require attorneys to have AN email account but nothing specific for legal notice in a case.
Even wedding invitations now provide an rsvp via email option.
This leaves packages as the only need for the post office.