Post office wants to cut a delivery day

The postmaster general told Congress that the post office could be forced to cut a delivery day because of massive deficits. The post office is asking lawmakers to lift the requirement that they deliver mail six days a week. They have looked at skipping a day when the mail flow would be light, such as Tuesday. The post office was $2.8 billion in the red last year and could experience a net loss of $6 billion or more this fiscal year. "It is possible that the cost of six-day delivery may simply prove to be unaffordable...I reluctantly request that Congress remove the annual appropriation bill rider, first added in 1983, that requires the Postal Service to deliver mail six days each week," said Potter, the postmaster general. A study made by the Postal Service study estimates that they could save $3.5 billion by cutting a day. Potter also has asked Congress to ease the requirement that it makes advance payments into a fund for future health benefits for retirees. I would not mind if the post office went from a six-day to five-day delivery if it was on a day when mail flow is light. Do you think Congress should let them cut a delivery day?