APTech 2018 Legislative Priorities
- Boosting Long-run U.S. GDP by making 100% Expensing permanent. To achieve this goal APTech is launching the Make Expensing Permanent Coalition in 2018
- Keeping rising postage rates in check, by enacting postal reform legislation that would stabilize U.S. Postal Service expenses
- Preserving access to important paper-based information and services for Americans who prefer them or depend on them, by advocating as a member of the Coalition for Paper Options
- Bringing printing, imaging and mailing industry employers together with qualified workers, by supporting community-based educational programs that prepare job-seekers with the skills needed to be successful in modern graphic communications careers
- Working to facilitate the possibility of association health plans (AHPs)
- Expanding global markets, and helping U.S. manufacturers compete more effectively for the 95% of the world market outside of the United States, by supporting fair trade agreements an advocating with the Stop Tariffs on Printers and Publishers (STOPP) Coalition
- Reducing government regulatory costs, which have already been curtailed by Congress and the new Administration to an unprecedented degree, with more systemic reforms yet to come
- Curtailing “patent troll” abuses while also protecting intellectual property rights, and
- Protecting data privacy, both domestically and in international commerce.