By Rich Smith, The Motley Fool
Filed under: U.S. Government, Government Spending, Junk Mail and Telemarketing
According to U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, 7 out of every 10 Americans polled say they like the idea of the U.S. Postal Service eliminating Saturday mail delivery in order to cut $2 billion a year off of the Post Office‘s budget.
And so … that’s just what he’s going to do.
Donahoe announced on Wednesday that rather than wait for Congress to propose a solution to the USPS‘s fiscal problems, he’s going to order the service to halt Saturday letter deliveries beginning this August….
Most of Us Want the Post Office to Kill Saturday Delivery? Really? originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2013-02-08T06:00:00Z.