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Postmaster Gen'l: Mail delivery may need to be cut
AP via www.breitbart.com ^
| Jan 28 02:59 PM US/Eastern
Posted on 01/28/2009 12:34:11 PM PST by rawhide
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. Potter asked for an end to the requirement that the agency deliver mail six days a week.
Faced with dwindling mail volume and rising costs, the post office was $2.8 billion in the red last year.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: delivery; mail; postal; postmaster; usps
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posted on
01/28/2009 12:34:11 PM PST
by
rawhide
To: rawhide
Stop the mail on Saturday. That’d be fine with me as I hate getting bills on Saturdays anyhow.
2
posted on
01/28/2009 12:35:12 PM PST
by
MahatmaGandu
(Remember, remember, the twenty-sixth of November.)
To: rawhide
Fine with me, less junk mail. Just have to be sure that their pay is adjusted down.
3
posted on
01/28/2009 12:35:59 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: nnn0jeh
4
posted on
01/28/2009 12:36:09 PM PST
by
kalee
(01/20/13 The end of an error.)
To: MahatmaGandu
Yes, but if you send and receive a good deal of packages that won’t help.
5
posted on
01/28/2009 12:36:25 PM PST
by
Maigret
To: rawhide
Most people I know have done away with the Postal Service anyway: bill-pay and virtual billing work just fine.
In fact, I cannot remember the last time I bought stamps and I still have a handful left.
6
posted on
01/28/2009 12:37:20 PM PST
by
elpinta
(Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself - M. Twain)
To: rawhide
Neither rain nor sleet nor........
7
posted on
01/28/2009 12:37:35 PM PST
by
badpacifist
("Blessings come from God and He don't bless what he is against" ...Mrs Ray Charles)
To: rawhide
How bout making junk mail (and campaign literature) illegal.
8
posted on
01/28/2009 12:37:54 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: elpinta
Another way of saying: WHO CARES?
9
posted on
01/28/2009 12:38:31 PM PST
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: rawhide
Can’t live without my Val-Pak and 2,398 reminders from Golf Digest that my sub is about to expire.
To: cripplecreek
How bout making junk mail (and campaign literature) illegal. That's the only part of their business that is growing...
11
posted on
01/28/2009 12:39:14 PM PST
by
Wyatt's Torch
(I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
To: b4its2late
you really think they would take a pay cut...??...i don’t...
To: rawhide
Will we notice a difference?
13
posted on
01/28/2009 12:39:59 PM PST
by
Sig Sauer P220
(Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators. ---- Will Rogers)
To: rawhide
Wonder if business districts get mail delivery on Saturday now.
Does anyone know?
14
posted on
01/28/2009 12:40:31 PM PST
by
Carley
(Remember when we had a real President)
To: MahatmaGandu
I also think they should get rid of a lot of the rural routes and just provide free (maybe a deposit for the key) PO boxes. And I say this because I live in the “sticks” and am amazed that they deliver mail out all these dirt roads...
To: rawhide
16
posted on
01/28/2009 12:42:45 PM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Carley
Busienss districts haven’t been getting Saturday delivery for DECADES!
17
posted on
01/28/2009 12:43:08 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: rawhide
Stop the junk mail!!!! PLEASE!!! I receive enough junk mail to build a forest.
18
posted on
01/28/2009 12:43:34 PM PST
by
devane617
(Republican's first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
To: Drango
19
posted on
01/28/2009 12:43:37 PM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: MahatmaGandu
I hate having to collect the mail on weekends period. Nothing Friday through Monday would suit me fine. As long as they reduce the USPS funding.
20
posted on
01/28/2009 12:44:11 PM PST
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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