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We’re Now Paying Less At The Post Office In Idaho And Across The Country
It's almost always the other way around, but if you bought stamps, mailed a package, or sent a post card this week, you're paying less than you were last week.
For the first time in 100 years, the United States Postal Service reduced the price of a stamp for letters from 49 cents to 47 cents, and post cards from 35 cents to 34 cents.
This was a result of a Congressional Mandate to roll back the temporary price increase instituted several years ago to help the USPS survive the economic downturn.
Postal officials say this will amount to 2 billion dollars in losses on top of their existing financial struggles.
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