Post Office Challenged By Economy.

U.S. Post Office wants to cut delivery by a day.

By: Tina Tyus-Shaw | WSAV-TV
Published: January 29, 2009

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Something we all depend on is in jeopardy of being cutback because of these challenging economic times. There's a strong possibility that our mail delivery will be changing. Postmaster General John Potter told a congressional panel today that the Post Office could be forced to go to a five day week service. Potter said the dwindling mail volume and rising costs put the Post Office almost three-billion dollars in the red last year. "The ability to suspend delivery on the lightest delivery days will save dollars in both delivery and processing distribution networks. I have to tell you I don't make this request lightly, but I'm forced to consider every option due to a severity of the challenge at hand," says U.S. Postmaster John Potter. Some people worry that cutting mail delivery one day a week could cause problems with bill payments, prescriptions, and urgent correspondence.