Another story that came and went without much notice this week was the announcement by the u-s post office that the price of a first class stamp will rise from 46 to 49 cents in late January. This got us wondering about the future of mail delivery in this country. For more,, we are joined from Washington by Bradley Klapper. He covered the story for the Associated Press.
So tell us, just how important was this price hike for maintaining the viability of the U.S. Postal system today?