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U.S. Post Office May Continue Saturday Deliveries
It looks like Saturday delivery of the USPS mail has been saved for now, but at what cost?
The Government Accountability Office said Thursday (March 21) that the United States Postal Service doesn't have authority to cut Saturday mail delivery according to a Bloomberg report.
The postal service had announced in February it planned to end Saturday mail delivery in August, while continuing to deliver packages.
The plan was expected to save $2 billion annually. The Postal Service lost $1.3 billion in the final three months of last year, following a nearly $16 billion loss the previous fiscal year according to a Boston.com report.
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The Postal Service has said it could need a taxpayer bailout of more than $47 billion by 2017 if Congress does not give it flexibility to change its operations according to a report in Fox News.
Do you think Congress should require the U.S. Post Office to continue operating at a loss?
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