In a letter posted to U.S. Catalog Mailers Association's (ACMA) website this week, the catalog industry, as recently as a couple of weeks ago, had a tremendous turnout of support for the House Judiciary Committee’s simplified sales tax collection discussion draft. Now activists standing up for the use of paper in mail and in catalogs themselves need to shift gears over to the House’s postal reform bill (H.R. 5714).

The Letter of Support reads:

"The Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service, of which the ACMA is a member, has drafted an industry letter. The movement needs hundreds of companies to sign up in support of H.R. 5714 at once.

 

As we said when the bill was first drafted in June, we feel this is a workable bill, given the wide variety of interests, each pulling for their vision of an ideal Postal Service. The cost improvements will offset the 2% rate hike and in our view, if that is the price of getting it done, it is worth the support. The impact of not getting any postal reform and the cost reductions contained within it could be catastrophic, because then the Postal Regulatory Commission’s upcoming 10-year review would likely produce big rate hikes to offset losses.

1.  Just respond to this email authorizing us to include your company name(s) as a signatory.
2.  Indicate the exact manner you wish your company name(s) written in the letter.

This is another easy and free way to take action, but we need your quick response now.

Sincerely,

 

Hamilton Davison

President and Executive Director

American Catalog Mailers Association, Inc.

hdavison@catalogmailers.org."