LEGISLATIVE ISSUES — CAN A LAME DUCK FLY?

And since the USPS is obligated to increase rates in order to cover their costs, postal rate increases of 7 percent to 10 percent could become an annual event, prompting your direct mail and publishing customers to re-evaluate their distribution plans.

Postal reform is just one of several key legislative issues that printers should be mindful of as 2006 rolls into 2007. Here is a sampling of topics that are most relevant to our industry.