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To: LindyBill who wrote (36303)	3/23/2004 9:40:59 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793908

It is getting to the point that I am lucky to make it through a roll of stamps between price rises. Salon - Postage stamp prices could rise sharply By Randolph E. Schmid March 23, 2004 \| WASHINGTON (AP) -- Postmaster General John Potter warned that a postal rate increase planned for 2006 could be 4 cents or more for first class letters unless restrictions on how the agency operates are eased. Potter asked a joint House-Senate hearing on the future of the post office Tuesday to free $3 billion in postal funds from an escrow account and to remove a $27 billion obligation for the agency to cover military retirement benefits for its workers who previously served in the armed forces.