According to one writer for DM News, "Direct mail will be dead for many companies and dying for many more - if postal rates rise in 2011. Many, including Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), favor abolishing the postal monopoly and turning the failing USPS over to the employees. Still others want the government to get out of the way and do away with antiquated postal monopoly laws. To raise prices above the Consumer Price Index would violate the safeguards imposed on pricing in the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006, according to Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), who authored the law. Monopolies cut service instead of improving it. USPS is currently reviewing a reduction in mail delivery to five days a week, which studies show could save from $1.9 to $3.5 billion a year. It's time to end the monopoly. Deregulation and privatization will greatly benefit all mail customers and ensure a prosperous future for the direct mail industry. The alternative is a slow death." Read the full story here.
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