Postmaster General: Mail days may need to be cut - San Jose Mercury News
The Postmaster General requested that U.S. mail delivery be cut back from six to five days a week. Items mailed through the U.S. Postal Service have decreased by nine billion pieces in the past year alone. Two separate studies show that there would a 1.9 to 3.5 billion savings by cutting out one day's delivery service per week.
E-mail, online bill-paying and a reduction in advertising budgets have dramatically reduced the amount of first-class envelopes mailed. Even with postage price increases, Postal Service profits are lacking. Construction cuts and workforce reductions aren't enough anymore. The funds are lacking for future retirees.
With popular package-delivery competitors like UPS Inc. and FedEx, it's only a matter of time until the Postal Service is terminated unless there are drastic measures taken to restructure its business model. In a nationwide recession, Americans should be able to accept five days of free mail delivery instead of six. It's a small inconvenience to save our government's postal service.
News Values:
Timeliness: This lift of the required six-day mail delivery is being considered in Congress now.
Proximity: Affects all US mail deliveries.
Impact: A unexpected change for anyone who expects daily delivery of mail six days a week.
Novelty: A historical challenge of a law created in 1983.
Good job. 10/10
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