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Add prepaid e-stamps to emails, so that the USPS can live on!

Created by K.G. on December 16, 2013

The US Postal Service is slowly dying out due to the fact that people are using E-mail now more than regular old fashioned mail. The plan is to add a small e-stamp that you must pay in order to get your email to its receiver. This stamp would be a card you would buy at your local grocery store (or Post Office) and redeem to your USPS account. the you would "stick" that stamp to your e-mail and, voila! The price could vary on how fast you want it sent (15 cents for a 2 minutes, 20 cents for 1 minute, 30 for 30 seconds, and for free, it will be sent in 5 minutes.) This stamp would not include instant messaging, only E-Mail.

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