Postmaster General John Potter's $850K Pay Package Under Fire

Postmaster General John Potter's $850K Pay Package Under Fire
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These are tough times for the post office, but not for the postmaster general.

Even with stamp prices set to rise another two cents this May, the U.S. Postal Service is awash in red ink. In January, Postmaster General John Potter told Congress that he might be forced to cut back on mail deliveries to five days per week.

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