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Policy Brief – Postal Consumers Will Benefit From a Level Playing Field

Merrick Carey / Consumer Postal Council

September 3, 2003

The explosion in internet commerce of the past few years has given American households and businesses unprecedented opportunities to benefit from the international marketplace. But the cost of the tilted playing field in international mail provision severely compromises those opportunities, largely at...

Postal Insurance a Bad Deal for Consumers: New Report

Consumer Postal Council / Consumer Postal Council

August 7, 2003

Sub-standard coverage and unconscionably low payout rates currently characterize the U.S. Postal Service's postal insurance business, according to a new report by the Postal Rate Commission's Consumer Advocate. The report was released at a policy lunch hosted last month by the Consumer...