Door-to-door postal service a step closer to getting ax

[Common]

Door-to-door service and Saturday mail delivery, long hallmarks of the U.S. Postal Service, are a step closer to being phased out.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday approved the Postal Reform Act. Introduced by Congressman Darrell Issa, R-Ca., the legislation would end door-to-door delivery to 37 million residences and businesses and Saturday mail service to over 150 million homes and businesses.
Ending door-to-door delivery - which will force millions to get mail at curbside boxes or cluster boxes by 2022 - would save up to $4.5 billion annually, Issa says. Ending Saturday service - a proposal that was met with widespread criticism when it was first proposed in 2012 - could save another $2 billion a year.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...ivery/2584377/

[fyrenza]

We're just about to lose our Post Office ...

IF it stays "open," it will be severely abbreviated hours;
otherwise, we'll drive 17 miles, at least, to get ours.

[fyrenza]

Which SUX ~

I hold P.O.Box 1.

[roadmaster]

I had the best independent PO near me that a couple started with their life savings. Lasted 10 years and folded this week. These people worked hard 6 days a week and stayed open until 6 pm. You could tell they were hurting when one would work at another PO and one would be there all day. It's sad they lost it all in this economy.

[fyrenza]

No kidding, Road ~ sure sorry to hear that actual WORKING FOLKS,
who invested their money AND time ended up on the short end of what should have been a LONG stick.

[Common]

They have laid people off here, Ive noticed the delivery times for priority mail seem to be longer also, that might just be perception though

[fyrenza]

It is NOT, Common ~

I've mailed things, Priority AND "regular:"

They MAKE Priority take at least 3 days,
even though regular will get it there in TWO,
and I'm talking from the middle of nowhere,
where Priority takes FOUR DAYS.

My brother works for the PO, as a tech,
and he's already gearing up for the Big Layoff.

But, hey! Postal service is for the MASSES, NOT the gov, so ...