I can't believe people are whining about 2 pennies extra to mail a letter! What's 44 cents? not much to have mail delivered . Not everyone does the impersonal e-mail bit for birthday cards, invitations etc. In my family we still hand write and mail letters, cards etc. It has much more meaning. I can see complaining about $4.00 for a gallon of milk or something similar but 44 cents is not much for mail service!