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From USA Today:
"Post office proposes ending Saturday delivery"

The U.S. Postal Service took another major step in its battle for fiscal viability Wednesday, announcing plans to halt Saturday delivery of first-class mail. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said package delivery, which has seen growth in recent years as online purchasing booms, will continue on Saturdays when the plan is implemented in August.  Donahoe said the service reduction is expected to save $2 billion annually. "It's an important part of our strategy to return to financial stability," he said. The announcement drew mixed reviews on Capitol Hill, where the plan has drawn fierce opposition in the past. Some lawmakers from rural states more reliant on six-day mail delivery expressed frustration with the decision. "This is bad news for Alaskans and small-business owners who rely on timely delivery to rural areas," said Democratic Sen. Mark Begich, who said the decision would slow overall mail delivery time for items, including Social Security checks. Begich said the Postal Service should have allowed Congress more time to find a legislative solution.The Senate passed a postal bill last year that would have prevented the elimination of Saturday delivery for at least two years, but the effort stalled in the House. "We wouldn't be in this situation if the House had done its job and passed a bill," Begich said. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, called postal overhaul a "pretty difficult" issue and recommitted the chamber to action. "Congress needs to act. There's no question about that, and I hope that we'll act soon," he said. American Postal Workers Union president Cliff Guffey said he opposes Donahoe's plan, saying a solution must come from Congress. "USPS executives cannot save the Postal Service by tearing it apart," he said.

^ This has got to be the dumbest thing I have heard from the USPS in a while. It would be one thing to eliminate all deliveries on Saturday to save money, but to keep delivering packages, etc won't solve a thing since you will still have to heat the post offices, pay the mail carriers, etc. It wouldn't help me either since by the time I get my mail on Saturdays (between 1-2 pm) the local post office - 22 minutes away - is already closed as it closes at noon on Saturdays so I would have to wait to Monday to get a package. The USPS continues to show how disorganized and incompitent it really is. ^

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/06/us-postal-service-delivery-mail-saturdays/1895277/