- New York 02/08/2013 by Andrea Sears (WBAI)

On Wednesday the US Postal Service announced that it wants to end Saturday mail delivery beginning in August.  While increasing use of email and other on-line services have significantly reduced the amount of first class mail sent every year, that’s really only a small part of the problem.  In fact advocates say the financial situation at the USPS is mostly a manufactured crisis.  WBAI’s Andrea Sears spoke with Jeff Musto is a researcher for the Center for Study of Responsive Law.