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Policymakers should expand access to free or reduced-cost legal services for older adults with low and moderate incomes.

Legal services programs should be fully funded.

The federal government should provide state and local agencies greater assistance for fraud prevention and deterrence.

Policymakers should develop and fund programs to make communities safer for residents living in a variety of settings.

Policymakers should encourage intergenerational cooperation.

Policymakers should provide protections for grandparents who are helping to raise their grandchildren or other minors.

Motor fuel taxes should be indexed for inflation and increased as necessary to fund transportation infrastructure and services.

Excise taxes on individual commodities, such as tobacco or alcohol, should at least keep pace with inflation. One way to do this is by levying them on an ad valorem basis. 

A progressive income tax is the preferred method of raising revenue at the federal and state levels. Other sources, such as a consumption tax, may be needed. 

Due to their regressive nature, raising state and local sales taxes should not be the first choice for increasing tax revenues.