Count me as one American who supports the end of Saturday mail delivery to help the U.S. Postal Service stay afloat.

USPS announced its plans to shut down Saturday delivery as a way to save an estimated $2 billion annually. The service has been bleeding money for years. It keeps raising postage rates, which now stand at 46 cents to deliver a first-class letter; in my view, that’s still a pretty good bargain for sending someone a piece of mail across this vast country.

It’s not that I dislike my mail carriers. They do a fine job in our Amarillo neighborhood. On most days you can set your watch to the time they show up with that day’s mail. USPS critics suggest the service ought to use more “cluster boxes” to deliver mail, which would reduce the time it takes to distribute the mail along their routes. We already have that in our ‘hood. Problem solved here.

Of course, we all know who the villain is in this drama. It’s the Internet, which has sunk its teeth into mail delivery the way it is savaging other business enterprises.

Newspapers come to mind, yes?

Few of us send actual letters any longer … although I recently did just that in reconnecting with someone with whom I served in Vietnam, and I’m hoping to hear back from him soon. Our mode of messaging our friends and family? Email and “social media” have taken the place of letters. And let’s not forget how many of us – including little ol’ us – pay virtually all of our bills online.

These days, the bulk of our USPS deliveries consist of “junk mail,” catalogues and other solicitations.

No, I won’t miss Saturday mail delivery when the USPS pulls the plug on it. Getting mail five days each week is good enough.