The United States Postal Service has been in trouble for a long time now, it seems. About a year ago Congress was asked to change the law and have the delivery of mail on Saturdays discontinued. Congress didn't do that, and it seems the same request will be made again soon.
From what I've heard the U.S. Postal Service is in the red to the tune of about 300 million dollars. (Many blame email and the like.) I get all that (and, dare I say it, I would probably be perfectly fine with no Saturday delivery of mail). What I don't understand, at all, is that approximately 5 million dollars was recently spent on a study that seemingly concluded that the service is losing a lot of money.
I live in a rural town where there is no mail delivery; everyone picks up his or her mail at the post office. This past year the office has shortened its hours substantially. That measure, in my opinion, makes sense from a fiscal standpoint. Spending money on a study, especially such a high amount of money, doesn't make any sense to me at all.
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