John Potter: USPS was like the Internet of the 50s & 60sbr The Christian Science Monitor - St. Regis Hotelbr The Postal Service could face a $238 billion shortfall by the year 2010, if no action is taken. At a Monitor-sponsored breakfast for reporters, Postmaster General John Potter discusses the challenges the Postal Service of the 21st century faces and a new business plan, which will turn it into a leaner and more flexible system.