What Would You Do For 34[cents]?

People like to complain about everything--taxes, the media, my habit of typing while I pretend to listen to them talk on the phone. And now with the upcoming 1[cent] stamp hike, we're in for another bout of uneducated whining. But I will defend the U.S. Postal Service--not with my life or my money or even in conversation but in the next eight paragraphs, assuming there is room left over after I talk about myself for a while.

If someone offered you 34[cents] to carry a piece of paper to a bungalow in Alaska in three days, you'd refuse. Not the post...

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