Two-cent price cut could mean $2 billion headache for Postal Service

The Washington Post: Just when the U.S. Postal Service’s financial picture was beginning to look a little less bleak, here comes news that is both good and bad.

Prices dropped Sunday — good news for those now paying 47 cents, instead of 49 cents, to mail a card or letter.

But that two cents worth of good news is bad news for an already shaky financial situation and has some customers worried about service cuts.

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