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States should distribute public revenue only to social service agencies that are formally accountable to taxpayers. This should be demonstrated by performance-based measures. 

Congress should mandate the use of the Supplemental Poverty Meas

Defined contribution plan account holders should have to obtain written spousal consent to take payment from the account in a form other than a joint-and-survivor annuity.

Property taxes should be equitable. 

Public-benefit programs should ensure that families headed by grandparents and other caregiver relatives receive sufficient support for economic security and well-being. 

Any further efforts to address marriage penalties should be focused on two-earner couples and structured to avoid increasing marriage bonuses. 

Policymakers should broaden the tax base by limiting tax preferences that do not efficiently achieve important policy goals. 

Tribal governments should be able to issue tax-exempt government and private activity bonds for the same types of projects allowed for state and local governments. 

The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Trust Funds should maintain a minimum reserve of one and a half to two years as a cushion against an economic downturn.

If changes are made to Social Security that extend the life of the trust funds, Congress could authorize the investment of a portion of the Social Security reserves in investments other than Treasu