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Detroit Free Press
Hope Yen
Dec 4, 2011

Postal cuts to slow delivery of first-class mail

WASHINGTON — Facing bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead
with unprecedented cuts to first-class mail next spring that will slow delivery and,
for the first time in 40 years, eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day.

The changes would provide short-term relief, but ultimately could prove counterproductive,
pushing more of America's business onto the Internet.

They could slow everything from check payments to Netflix's DVDs-by-mail,
add costs to mail-order prescription drugs, and threaten the existence
of newspapers and time-sensitive magazines delivered by postal carrier
to far-flung suburban and rural communities.

If this goes thru, pay attention to DUE DATES on your credit card statements
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