Mail is still important to receive on Saturdays

Mail is a necessity, a right, and a historical constitutional guarantee that we Americans count on. It comes to our homes and offices daily, except for Sundays. We rely on the U.S. Postal Service from check payments to birthday cards.

That’s why it’s confusing that more people aren’t concerned about the proposal of stopping Saturday carrier service. The proposal would mean: no street delivery of mail will occur on Saturdays; no mail pickups, including blue collection boxes, will occur on Saturdays; no weekend processing of mail in offices, except for Express Mail and some advertising mail will occur over the weekend; Post Office will remain open; and measurements of service performance will be reset to reflect the changes.

Not having any mail delivered for an entire weekend will be a great loss. Some individuals count on the mail for their medicine supply. This would be bad for them especially when a Monday holiday is involved. Some people who wait to the last days to pay their credit card bills may see an impact on their credit scores when the mail takes longer to be delivered. Small businesses will have to wait longer to see bills come in from customers.

The change will also be a setback to many small newspapers. Many weekly papers  come out on Thursdays. Without Saturday delivery, many residents will have to wait until Monday to receive their local news. That would be a shame in the rural areas.

We hope the Postal Service will investigate other means to find savings. There are just too many losers if Saturday delivery is stopped.