“If you don’t like what the postal service has put forward (to cut costs) by closing processing facilities and post offices and eliminating jobs, then come up with a better approach. It’s a challenge we need to accept, and this agreement with the postal service gives us that opportunity.”-Richard Durbin, U.S. Senator for Illinois

The U.S. Congress and the Postal Service has reached an agreement, that will delay closing of hundreds of processing centers and thousands of post offices.  Instead of starting that shut down in March, the USPS will wait until May.

This is because members of Congress promise they will return to negotiations regarding how to make cuts, and minimize the effects on postal employees and the economy.  Back in November Congress indicated they were shelving any discussions about the Postal Service until after elections in November 2012.  However that’s far later than the December 16 default date set by President Barack Obama.  I suppose members of Congress got an earful, about the draconian cuts looming for the USPS, from their constituents.

The Postal Service operates on money that comes from you and me buying postal products, not taxes!