US Will Be Greece, Item #478

Postal Service:  One second thought, we're not going to close down any post offices.

Bending to strong public opposition, the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday backed off a plan to close thousands of rural post offices after May 15 and proposed keeping them open, but with shorter operating hours.

Oh, and by the way, we're probably going to lose $10 billion this year...