Postage increases yet again!

Monday is the day! The cost to send a first class letter raises to .42 cents (currently it's .41). Seems like the rates are constantly going up and I can't keep up with the current price.

I found this historical trend of first class postage rates on the internet. Seems to be accurate but I'm not entirly sure. Seems like the only difference is we are increaseing the rate more often, almost every year for this decade. That's the annoying part of this whole thing.

Year	Postage Rate	Amount of Increase	Decade increase
1971	.08	.02
1974	.10	.02
1975	.13	.03
1978	.15	.02	.09
1981	.18	.03
1981	.20	.02
1985	.22	.02
1988	.25	.03	.10
1991	.29	.04
1995	.32	.03
1999	.33	.01	.08
2000	.34	.01
2002	.37	.01
2006	.39	.02
2007	.41	.02
2008	.42	.01	.09 (so far)

Even with the increases I will gladly pay .42 cents for somone to pick up a letter at my doorstop and deliver it to my friend's doorstop in NYC!