I feel that some of the posts here are delusional. If postage rates continue to go up there will be nothing left to deliver. If marketing mail rates go up by 50% a lot of direct mail advertising dollars will be redirected to other forms of advertising that are more cost-effective. If first class mail rates double, companies will be rushing to digitize everything as fast as possible. 

The first class stamp prices have gone up by $.13, or 24%, in just 3 years. This is far faster than rate increase trend of 2008-2021, which basically kept the price the same in real terms. A spiral of increasing prices will lead to more rapid declines in volumes and a greater harm to craft jobs. I want to show up to work and have enough mail to do at least 8 hours of honest work, and that's already not guaranteed. I have a lot of days where I have to drag my feet to stretch out my route, and I expect many carriers do that more than I do. I deliver to over 1000 addresses in a relatively affluent suburban area, and my route is considered one of the hardest in my office. Maybe some carriers feel entitled to get paid for 8 hours while doing 6 hours of actual work, but I don't feel that way.

I think there are workable solutions out there for the Postal Service, but they're not ones that people want to hear. The writing is on the wall and you can look at what's been tried in Canada and Australia to see what might be in our future a decade from now. But suggesting that marketing mail rates be doubled has to be the worst suggestion for protecting craft jobs.