It won't be a large amount - comparatively speaking. It will be hundreds of millions instead of billions.But that doesn't alter the fact that we have to figure out what to do about mail delivery in the 21st century. Needless to say, much of the shortfall for the Postal Service is in paying out massive pensions and health care benefits to their retirees - sort of a mini-GM without the kewl cars. Private industry pensions are also in trouble, and that problem may also end up at Congress's doorstep thanks to ERISA.But if they are going to tap the government in order to stay afloat, they darn well better keep Saturday mail delivery and decent office hours for the public. CNN Money: The U.S. Postal Service warned Wednesday that it may default on some of its financial obligations later this year after reporting yet another quarterly loss.The USPS, a self-supporting government agency that receives no tax dollars, said it suffered a loss of $329 million in the first quarter of federal fiscal...(Read Full Post)