This morning the Economist was doing a reader survey to find out how we readers would react to the end of Saturday mail delivery. The Economist arrives on Saturday as often as not. They take adventage of the fact that little news occurs on weekends to keep their news fresh. Either they arrive on Monday instead of Saturday, making their news two days older, or the change their publishing schedule.
Not a couple of hours after filling in the Saturday delivery survey, do I read an AP news article indicating that US snailmail is backing off, and will keep Saturday delivery after all. So much for all the Economist's planning ahead.
According to the AP, USPS needs Congressional approval to cancel Saturday delivery and has finally wised up to the fact that they ain't gonna get that approval. Nor are they gonna get the OK to close any post offices.
Dunno what's gonna happen. USPS is losing money, Congress won't let 'em cut service. I guess postal rates are going up again. Right now mailing out the month's bills costs $10-20 in postage. Maybe it's time to start paying the bills on the web?
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