Regarding the April 28 editorial “Ceding Saturdays”:
No, we should not end Saturday mail delivery. Eliminating six-day delivery would cause the U.S. Postal Service to lose customers and its competitive advantage while hurting senior citizens and rural America. Rather, we should make the Postal Service more competitive by allowing it to offer innovative new products and services that Americans want and need. Right now, the Postal Service can’t ship wine and beer, notarize documents, cash checks, provide secure e-mail services or perform other important jobs. This makes no sense. It’s time to provide the Postal Service the freedom to offer services that would benefit millions of Americans.
All of its “financial losses” since October 2012 are the result of a Bush-era law to prefund 75 years of retiree health benefits in 10 years. No other corporation or government agency is saddled with this $5.5 billion-a-year mandate.
Letter to the Editor – Washington Post by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) -and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Postal Service shouldn’t eliminate Saturday delivery
whoever wrote this trash is in dire need of a head examination to see if they have a brain. do they see what we deliver on a daily basis??? I HARDLY DOUBT AMERICA, MUCH LESS, THE ELDERLY, WILL SUFFER WITHOUT PIZZA COUPONS 6 DAYS A WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!