No More Saturday Mail

[Hatchet]

The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday that it plans to end Saturday mail delivery, in one of the most significant steps taken to date to cut costs at the struggling agency

 

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/06/postal-service-to-cut-saturday-mail-to-trim-costs/#ixzz2K8tT9mcp

[Stevo]

That figures. All the stuff I ordered for my AR build is shipped USPS

[Hatchet]

they will still be delivering packages.but NO BILLS to ruin a saturday :beer:

[birdshotnj]

Stevo, packages will still come on Saturdays. This is one of those rare occasions where things are changing for the better. We still get our toys on time, but the bills have to wait 'til Monday

[68Ioweu1]

so what your saying is that I get a day off from throwing away junk mail?? AW shucks!!

Antiquated system anyway, they didn't keep up with the times. Its their own fault.

[Bucksnbows]

They'll still remain in the red. We never learn. The federal government does very little well on our behalf and with our hard-earned tax dollars...

[Matty]

The people running the postal service have no idea what they are doing, that's why when they are ridiculously broke and bleeding money out of every orifice, they give themselves raises in the upper ranks.

 

That's the US Govt. for you though, they shouldn't be allowed to even think about money, let alone decide how it's spent.

 

I worked for the USPS, the "little people" effected by this will be MANY....The high end administrative portion of USPS will probably get another raise as they lay people off.

 

And it is an antiquated system, however, somewhat necessary still to some degree.

 

Think about this, how is it the UPS and FEDEX are doing fine, and the US Govt run version of the same thing is just sinking like a ship full of holes?

[Hatchet]

The Postal Service loses an average $42 million per day. It lost almost $16 billion last fiscal year

 

wow! guess the 30 mil Lance Armstrong might have to pay back from their sponsorship wont help

[Matty]

Well, it ALMOST covers one day of losses. LOL baahahahahahahahaha.....Oh my God what a joke.

[Bucksnbows]

Not to get overly political, but it's the same story with anything the US Government runs. Medicare is going bankrupt. So is Social Security. Just today the CBO released a report that Obamacare will add 20 new taxes to families and small businesses and instead of an estimated 4 million people being dropped by their current employers in favor of the new government run program, that number is now estimated at 7 to 8 million. Guess who pays that bill???

[Axiom]

I never agreed with Saterday delivery anyway.. waste of money and did nothing but make more people dependent on the government....

[hunterbob1]

I never agreed with Saterday delivery anyway.. waste of money and did nothing but make more people dependent on the government....

I'm A printer they delivered alot of mail that kept us in business,damn computer changed all that!Now I eat more spam than tbone.

[Axiom]

I'm A printer they delivered alot of mail that kept us in business' date='damn computer changed all that!Now I eat more spam than tbone.

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Sorry to hear that bobby.. ...

[BowTechExperience]

Unreal.. Postal carriers will be layed off, which means more unemployed... 欢迎来美国

[makosnax]

It all comes down to technology killing jobs. Email killing the hand written letter, robots doing the jobs of men. The speed of life is killing jobs as we become more dependant on faster is better.