Obama endorses ending one day of mail delivery...

[Glitch]

Originally Posted by highcotton

Obama endorses ending one day of mail delivery...

Looks like Saturday delivery may become history. Delivery should be reduced to Mon-Wed-Fri, or Tue-Thu.

And that is all Obama can do - endorse. Only Congress has the authority to limit mail service, and it does not look like it will happen.

See H.Res. 137 : "Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service."

Introduced by Rep. Sam Graves (MO-6) on March 2, 2011, and it currently has 197 cosponsors.

[hnsq]

Originally Posted by subject2change

Then why not just let USPS raise the stamps to an adequate rate?

From an idealism standpoint I am not a fan of government-sanctioned monopolies, however from a realism standpoint if the USPS could devise a plan to make itself profitable, I would be more than OK with that.

[plwhit]

Originally Posted by highcotton

Obama endorses ending one day of mail delivery...

Looks like Saturday delivery may become history. Delivery should be reduced to Mon-Wed-Fri, or Tue-Thu.

And the big deal is?

This is not 1960 anymore.