rssReport: U.S. Postal Service Asks to Cut Number of Delivery Days
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 6:19 pm
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From The Associated Press:
Postmaster General John Potter says the massive deficits facing the post office could force the agency to cut out one day of mail delivery per week.
In testimony for a congressional panel Wednesday, Potter asked for an end to the requirement that the agency deliver mail six days a week.
Nothing much to add here. Reportedly, the U.S. Postal Service was nearly $3 billion over budget last year and is searching for any way it can to trim that figure. The Washington Post, in a prescient article published today before Potter’s testimony, ran a headline that tells the story best:
“Through Rain, Sleet, Snow — But Perhaps Not Lean Times”
3 Comments
Comment posted January 29, 2009 @ 9:59 pm
Believe it or not, even postal workers are being hit hard by the recession. Cutting a day of delivery is NOT the answer. Instead of bailing out every company in the US looking for a hand out how about helping a part of the government that has been MAKING MONEY all this time rather than finding new ways to spend tax dollars. Losing a day of delivery will cause the postal service to lose money not save it. Who wants to spend almost $17 to Express Mail something next day when oops sorry, we no longer deliver on that day. Might as well spend $5 and send it Priority (2 to 3 day service). Now, does everybody see what I'm talking about????
Comment posted January 30, 2009 @ 5:59 am
Believe it or not, even postal workers are being hit hard by the recession. Cutting a day of delivery is NOT the answer. Instead of bailing out every company in the US looking for a hand out how about helping a part of the government that has been MAKING MONEY all this time rather than finding new ways to spend tax dollars. Losing a day of delivery will cause the postal service to lose money not save it. Who wants to spend almost $17 to Express Mail something next day when oops sorry, we no longer deliver on that day. Might as well spend $5 and send it Priority (2 to 3 day service). Now, does everybody see what I'm talking about????
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