Nonprofits Urge Congress to Preserve Discount Postal Rates
"... Mr. Issa was a key player in removing the threat to the discount. “We have no reason to believe that [Mr. Issa] has changed his position,” said Geoffrey Plague, vice president for public policy at Independent Sector. “We wanted to send a friendly reminder of where the discussion had ended at the end of the last Congress.”..." 
Source: philanthropy.com
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"... Those companies have Combined Mail Agreements with the post office, as well as some expensive equipment — think $700,000 to $800,000 for a special optical reader machine for starters. Basically, they “work share” with the postal service. By taking over some mail pickup and sorting services “the post office bypasses three or four procedures at significant labor savings to them, which allows us to offer the permitted discounts,” Cline explained...." 
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