LaCrosse, WI [JG]  In any other sector, a plan to increase prices while decreasing the quality of service might not be seen as a shrewd business tactic.

But this, after all, is your government Post Office:

[Read about the coming slower postal "service" that you'll pay a premium for, at Wisconsin's #1 news site, WINews.us: http://bit.ly/strA1h]

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Scaling “First Class” delivery back to three business days (and eliminating Saturdays) means a letter sent from Manitowoc on a Thursday night might not reach Two Rivers until the following Tuesday morning.  You could ride a horse there quicker.

Hell, a horse could ride YOU there quicker.

Face it:  between online billing and Fed-Ex / UPS for package delivery, the United States Postal Service is quaint at best, and an expensive, anachronistic boondoggle at worst.

Time to hang it up, Mr. McFeely…

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