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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.

Food and nutrition programs should have adequate funding to engage in robust outreach efforts.

One indicator of smart fiscal practices is maintaining balance between spending and revenues. Occasionally deficits may be necessary.

Tax and spending decisions should be the purview of the legislative branch.

A balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution should not be adopted.

Policymakers should enact effective and balanced rules for fiscal discipline.

Legislators should not adopt supermajority voting requirements for budgetary or tax matters.

Governments should not limit their ability to address future economic and political changes and the need for investments.

Efforts to balance the budget or address shortfalls should remain the purview of the legislative branch.