6 day is necessary. Social Security is the primary or sole source of income for many senior citizens, and any delay in the delivery of their checks would make it difficult for them to purchase even essential items, such as food and medicine.
Reducing mail delivery service to 5 days a week would inevitably cause not only delays in the delivery of mail, but higher postal costs, due to the many hours of additional overtime that the Postal Service would require in order to handle the resulting back-up of mail.
While I agree the Postal Service needs to cut costs, their plan to end Saturday delivery should not move forward without Congressional approval. They need to consider alternative measures, such as capping the salaries of their top executives or eliminating bonuses, before making changes.
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