On December 5, the U.S. Postmaster General will announce detailed austerity cuts for the USPS. This after the U.S. Congress decided to ‘delay’ any action on their part until after next year’s Presidential elections. The move guarantees the demise of the USPS, because President Barack Obama set the default date for the Postal Service as December 16, 2010.
It’s expected that part of Monday’s announcement will include the closing of 250 processing centers across the U.S., as well as 3,700 post offices! It could also mean the end of Saturday delivery. The austerity cuts would begin in the spring of 2012. It’s a sure thing that mail service will be much slower as a result.
By the way, don’t think this is going to save taxpayers money, it wont. The Postal Service operates on money that comes from you and me buying postal products, not taxes!