The U.S. Post Office will end Saturday service in August in an attempt to save nearly $2 billion and set the service on a profitable footing. The Postal Service is semi-independent but ultimately controlled by Congress which has failed to take action to permit the post office to function in the black. Commentators say they aren’t sure how the Postal Service is able to say it will stop Saturday mail delivery without express approval from the Congress. Congress is typically dysfunctional when the government is split between political parties. Among the issues is the low cost of first class mail in the U.S. now set at 46 cents, as opposed to over 60 cents in Canada. Canada eliminated Saturday delivery more than a decade ago.
