From the AP via Yahoo: The post office wants an extra 2-cents-worth for its stamps. However, at the same time Friday that the agency proposed the stamp price increase, it also invited Congress to eliminate the need for it.
Yahoo! News - Postal Service Seeks 2-Cent Stamp Increase

You know what frosts me about this? First-Class mail is what keeps the Postal Service in the black, yet most mail sent is bulk-rate advertising junk. It’s long past time the Postal Service stopped forcing bill payers to subsidize the crap companies continually foist on consumers (be honest…how many unsolicited credit card offers have you received in the past month?). If you want to raise rates, it’s time to raise the rates of commercial bulk mail and leave the First-Class rates alone.

What? That would mean less bulk mail would be sent? So what the bloody heck is wrong with that?