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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

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

Public retirement systems should establish a maximum vesting period of five years for DB plans and one year for employers’ matching contributions to defined contribution or hybrid plans. 

States and localities should move toward full funding of their retirement systems. 

Deficit-reduction efforts should avoid cuts in programs that serve low- and moderate-income populations. 

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

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

Policymakers should provide for transparency and honesty in the budget process. 

Policies and regulations should prioritize placing children in foster care with grandparents and other caregiver relatives whenever possible and appropriate. 

Policymakers should support efforts to improve the quality of foods purchased and consumed by SNAP recipients, such as through nutrition education and healthy food incentives.