The management of the US Postal Service has proposed a drastic and irreversible reduction in first-class mail delivery standards. Currently 41.5 percent of first-class mail is delivered in one day, 26.6 percent in two days, and 31.6 percent in three days. The proposal would eliminate one-day delivery altogether. Two-day deliveries would increase to 50.6 percent and three-day to 49.1 percent. The proposed increase in delivery time would be devastating to the many individuals, small businesses, and entrepreneurs who rely on first-class mail. 

Americans still need first-class mail. Relaxing first-class service standards would seriously hinder our ability to communicate and do business with each other and would serve only to reduce mail volume and postal revenue. Americans routinely send documents through the mail to reach nearby destinations overnight. The proposed changes in service standards would require that we either pay exorbitant prices to private delivery services or deliver such documents personally, requiring a huge increase in time and expense (particularly in fuel costs).