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Most Prefer Cutting Mail Delivery to More Subsidies for the Postal Service
Most Prefer Cutting Mail Delivery to More Subsidies for the Postal Service
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The U.S. Postal Service hopes to cut delivery to five days a week and close hundreds of post offices nationwide as major cost-cutting moves but is likely to have trouble getting the proposals through Congress this week. Most voters, however, are fine with both ideas rather than having to provide additional taxpayer money to keep the postal service afloat. Three-out-of-four Americans (75%) would prefer the U.S. Postal Service cut mail delivery to five days a week rather than receive government subsidies to cover ongoing losses. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 20% of Adults would rather see the federal government provide additional funding to cover the agency’s losses. (To see survey question wording,
Rasmussen Reports
I agree 100% to a five day week for the postal service and no more government money to keep it afloat times do change we no longer have pony express.