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Travel should be safe, including during declared public health crises. During such times, travel providers should be required to put in place and publicize safety protocols. 

Travel should include consumer protections, including transparent pricing and access to redress.

States should adequately fund and broaden their methods of financing public education. Education financing should be shifted from property taxes to less regressive forms of taxation. 

States should generally avoid arbitrary limitations on property taxes.

Passing responsibilities down to lower levels of government should be undertaken primarily to place services closer to the people being served and to maximize administrative

Policymakers should expand opportunities for people to volunteer in their communities. This includes older adults and people with disabilities.

Tax reform should focus on raising sufficient revenue. It should make the tax system more equitable and efficient. Reforms should: 

States should increase the progressive nature of their income tax systems.

Reforming business taxes, such as corporate tax or a tax on the financial industry, should be considered in any effort to raise additional revenue. 

States with income taxes should allow credits for taxes paid by their residents to other states so that no taxpayer is subject to double taxation.