An overwhelming majority of Americans — 68% — would support a move to reduce USPS mail delivery to five days per week instead of the current six.

Sixty-eight percent of Americans would settle for five days of mail delivery a week from the U.S. Postal Service. Twenty-one percent could tolerate getting their mail thrice weekly and five percent would take it in a big pile just once a week.

There’s a big jump in support from five days to three, but then I wonder why the poll skipped four and two. Maybe I’m just missing their reasoning.

As the company (it’s semi-independent) is wallowing in red ink, it’s searching for ways to cut costs. I guess reducing luxury benefits for unions, and indeed reducing union influence overall, isn’t an option at the moment. Hence the proposed reduction in mail delivery days.