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Why did the Postal Regulatory Commission reject the U.S. Postal Service's request for an exigent rate hike on Sept. 30? The USPS had a pretty high bar when the law required it to show "exigent circumstances." For one thing, it was required to use economic analysis to back up its request, yet the USPS didn't provide any economic analysis to justify the increase. The American Catalog Mailers Association, as well as the other lobbying organizations, used the arguments that:
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