U.S Postal Service Plans Cuts To Slow Delivery

Facing bankrupty, the U.S Postal Service is cutting it's delivery standards for the first time in 40 years.

The agency is planning cuts to first-class mail next spring that will slow delivery, the Huffington Post reports.

The implications would cut expectations that a letter dropped in the mail today, would arrive on the next day.  Instead, a letter dropped in the mail today may not reach a neighbor for at least two days. Other impacts could include time-sensitive newspapers and magazines, Netflix's DVD delivery and mail-order prescription drugs.

The delivery changes are part of an estimated $3 billion in reductions from the postal service in an effort to quickly trim costs.

The cuts, which are being finalized now, would close roughly 250 of the nearly 500 mail processing centers across the United States by spring. An estimated 100,000 postal employees could be cut as a result of the processing center closures. The agency hopes to save upwards of $6.5 billion a year with these measures.

"Its a sign of the times, but I would hate to see the Postal Service wiped out completely. What happens to those who do not have access to high-speed internet...how would they pay their bills?" reacted Foxborough resident Edward Smith.

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