Tax & Budget Policy

• Move towards a tax system that exempts savings; that provides for the expensing of capital purchases; and that has the effect of border-adjustability in order to remove unfair distortions caused by foreign VATs and other foreign tax and trade laws.

• Preserve family-owned businesses by permanently reforming the Death Tax.

International Economic Policy

• Reform U.S. export control policies and licensing procedures, and particularly work against regulatory efforts by the U.S. Government to unilaterally control products and technology exported to China.

• Reform the visa process to promote more timely action on visa applications from overseas customers of U.S. industry.

• Aggressively pursue a fair currency policy with China and other countries.

• Provide adequate funding levels for U.S. export financing and promotion programs.

Technology

• Invest in America’s future by providing adequate government funding for manufacturing R&D programs, including the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program & the Smart Machine Platform Initiative (SMPI).

• Improve and extend the R&D tax credit.

Legal and Regulatory Reform

• Adopt legislation allowing national trade associations to sponsor nationwide health insurance plans for their members.

• Adopt a federal statute-of-repose for workplace capital goods and other litigation reforms.
  

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