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In reply to the discussion: Most Approve of Ending Saturday Mail Delivery [View all]LiberalFighter
(50,343 posts)31. Yet it was okay to pick up the mail on Sunday many years ago.
With the post office open on Sunday. Think Green Acres.
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reduced days and service should mean a lower fee/stamp cost...right? or how dems just fix the
msongs
Feb 2013
#4
Canada eliminated Saturday mail delivery in 1969. So is Canada home of the even more stupid asses?
Nye Bevan
Feb 2013
#22
I could support that move, but only if the post offices were kept open on Saturday
bluestateguy
Feb 2013
#7
And US first class postage is good for Guam... France is still smaller and almost twice the price.
Thor_MN
Feb 2013
#55
Who are these "most?" All the young with smartphones sprouting from their ears?
question everything
Feb 2013
#15
my sister is a mail carrier and this is going to be devastating to rural workers
backtoblue
Feb 2013
#16
She is an RCA, a Rural Letter Associate. She will have a better chance at a fulltime job
mikekohr
Feb 2013
#50
I'd tacitly support it (knowing the reasons), but I know a few Saturday delivery contractors..
Alamuti Lotus
Feb 2013
#18
Most are ok with the the increasingly rapid slide of civilization into the abyss
deutsey
Feb 2013
#21
I'm sure the ones that support eliminating Saturday mail think they won't.
LiberalFighter
Feb 2013
#33