This new ‘Forever Stamp’ sounds like a great idea, but I wonder if it will really work out over the long haul. Granted, the Post Office stands to rake in an ass-load of money up front when the public is rushing out to buy the ‘Forever Stamp’. The problem comes up a couple of years down the road when the Post Office is still having to pay carriers and purchase fuel, but revenues are down because the stamps being used were bought years earlier. This could cause some major problems for cash flow in the out years.

The USPS needs to get ahead of the curve somehow and find a new and unique revenue stream. The system has gotten about as lean as any Union based organization can, so they can’t really find more savings there.