Close to 700 USPS Branches on Post Office Closures List.

Does anyone still use the USPS.....they should have spun it off back in the day....

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The Postal Regulatory Commission, an independent government regulatory committee, released a post office closures list earlier this afternoon, highlighting a group of close to 700 offices nationwide that are up for review and possible closure. As increasing pressures have mounted on the age old government service – from business’s increasing reliance on email, the loss of recession-sensitive mail-based advertising and high gas prices – the US Postal Service has found itself in a hard place with little choice but large budget cuts.

With an estimated fiscal shortfall of $7 billion, despite a recent 2-cent raise on stamps and staff cuts, the USPS is expected to shut down or “consolidate” hundreds of their offices throughout the United States. For the full list of post offices on the list, check the Postal Regulatory Commission’s website, http://www.prc.gov.
That’s not all. In an effort to reach fiscal normalcy, the US Postmaster General, John Potter, recently asked Congress to consider reducing the days of postal delivery from the current six day a week schedule to a five day a week schedule.

While neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night have ever stopped the USPS, it appears a global recession and new technology just might. We’ll see.