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Years ago? >> well, it has dropped off maybe a third. it seems to be, you know, picking up again, but it dropped off a third. >> reporter: one-third in the last five years. >> yes. >> reporter: is that the most drastic drop you have experienced? >> yes. >> reporter: it was overwhelming to the the post office which was considered antiquated and overpersonnel. they may cut saturday delivery. back in the d.c. neighborhood, we asked janice bachman about that. they may cut delivery from six days to five days, how do you feel about that? >> a great deal. a majority of the post i get is frankly junk ...

Pretty good, right? >> no, i call and ask what their special is, and there is also something that is $9.99. i got the coupon, but i am not quite sure where it is, can you give me the 9.99 deal? it's a bad economy. people are out of work. thank you. >> sure. the internet, the post office now getting drastic with cost-cutting measures to stop saturday delivery. christine romans live in new york this morning. there goes all of your saturday love, all the cards and letters from family and friends, christine. >> and junk mail. >> i was trying to be positive. >> we do need to get people writing mo...

This has been going on forever. part of the problem here is that it's an independent government agency so congress is sort of involved. when you try to close a branch, a congressman goes crazy. you protect roots, you protect jobs. they've never had job cuts at the postal service. they rely on attrition and people retire. >> you make it sound like this is a problem? >> half of those people who work for the postal service are eligible to retire over the next ten years. they're going to get a chance to, you know, downsize but it's going to come with retiree health benefits and the cost of that. l...

Some things started popping up on a credit report... that i didn't authorize, didn't know anything about. and it continued almost eight years. i've been in law enforcement all my life, i've shred all my receipts. all the junk mail, burn it, whatever. nothing was going to escape and put me at risk... for having my identity stolen. lifelock is the industry leader... in proactive identity theft protection. it's unbelievable, the first thing was, it couldn't happen, there has to be a mistake. and then followed shortly by the sinking, deeping, gut-wrenching feeling that my life is over. there's no ...

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