Would You Miss Saturday Mail Delivery?
A proposal would end Saturday first-class mail delivery.
The U.S. Postal Service is reportedly announcing on Wednesday that it will stop Saturday first-class mail delivery by Aug. 1, reported CBS News. Mail personnel have delivered mail on Saturdays for 150 years, but the plan is to end regular mail service, while maintaining Saturday delivery for packages and express mail, said CBS News. The move is the latest attempt by the cash-strapped federal department to save money. It has already cut employees and service, but still reportedly lost $16 billion last year. What do you think about this idea? Would you miss Saturday mail service?
Mark Hansen
8:04 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
I disagree with some of these pro USPS comments stating at private companies will come in and hike our deliveryl prices. Companies like FedEx and UPS are just itching for the government to lift its monopoly on the first class letter delivery business including access to federal mailboxes. They know that they could provide this service for the same price, in the same time (or faster) and make a … more ›