Perks
While looking something up, I ran across this in the US Postal Service International Mail Manual:
143.3 Mail of a Former President and Surviving Spouse of a Former PresidentSeems inconsequential, but I'm trying to decide if I think it's appropriate in principle or not. An employee of the government should of course get government perks, but an ex-employee? Call it part of the pension maybe...but somehow complimentary postal services seems a bit more pretentious than covered health care.
All nonpolitical mail of former United States Presidents, and of the surviving spouse of a former President, must be accepted without prepayment of postage if it bears the written signature of the sender, or a facsimile signature and the words "POSTAGE AND FEES PAID" in the upper-right corner of the address side.
posted by Alisha @ 9:52 PM
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Dare I ask why we were reading said manual?
Investigation into how much it would cost me to mail a big box to myself in Israel instead of taking an extra suitcase on the plane. Of course, this is about the lowest priority piece of planning I could possibly have been engaged in. That's me...
I hear that putting yourself in a box and shipping it first class is also a cheaper way to get there.
But the cargo hold doesn't have honey-roasted peanuts, not to mention the lack of an in-flight movie.
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