Nearly 3,700 post offices slated to close

[Playinghardball]

Source: CNN Money

WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- Your little post office could be slated to close as the U.S. Postal Service tries to find ways to cut red ink.

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe released a long-awaited "post office study" of nearly 3,700 potential closings in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

The Postal Service of the future will be smaller, leaner and more competitive and it will continue to drive commerce, serve communities and deliver value," Donahoe said.

Donahoe said that this and other moves, such as a proposal under consideration to reduce service to five days a week, are necessary to close a $20 billion gap in revenue by 2015.

More at: http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/26/news/economy/post_office_closings/?cnn=yes

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About time they did something....

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. They did what? They are in this hole

due to REPUBLICAN legislation meant to make it fail.

[FSogol]

2. There go a bunch of good jobs just because short sighted repubs don't understand the difference

between the private sector and a government service.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. so that would be around 37,000 good jobs gone?

way to go!

[Shagbark Hickory]

4. Congratulations fedex! That legislation you bought is really paying off for ya. nm

[PVnRT]

5. Yeah, those fuckers out in the sticks have had these services for too long

They can get everything they need through the high-speed internet access they don't have.