I remember when the three cent stamps were used to mail letters. Now the post office wants to raise the stamp price by three cents. We use ten to fifteen stamps each month to pay bills, so it is less than a half dollar more a month. It’s far safer than companies and organizations being able to take money out of my checking account, or some hacker getting my account numbers.

          Why does those three cents come to mind? My mailing address is probably sold by all the organizations we support; the utility companies, credit card companies, plus Jewel’s and Ace’s loyalty cards. So we get lots of mail and at least 90% is tossed without being opened. Most of the envelopes don’t have the cost of mailing to my trash can or recycle bin but in the last mail, two were for 3 cents!

            Those two organizations and thousands, maybe tens of thousands of others, could pay twice as much and the cost of a stamp could be reduced. If they stopped sending out over and over and over, think how many trees would be saved and smaller garbage dumps containing plastic over my address!

            If the post office wants to get out of the red, start by charging bulk mail a higher price. If they stopped sending so much then maybe my bills and magazines might come on time instead of a week late.