Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"Like it or not--and in a number of ways I do not like it very much myself--the Postal Service needs to re-size to reflect the decreasing demand for the products and services it offers."

"Given the challenging economy facing our country, we cannot afford to put those jobs and that kind of productivity in jeopardy."

"More than 80 percent of the Postal Service's expenses are workforce-related."

"The fact is that maintaining all of our Nation's rural post offices costs the Postal Service less than 1 percent of its total budget."