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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

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

When economic conditions permit, states should accumulate budget reserves adequate to maintain services during recessions.

DeficitThe amount by which annual expenditures exceed annual revenues.

Higher levels of government should provide adequate resources when mandating functions to lower levels of government.

Services should be implemented and operated by the level of government that can most appropriately and efficiently deliver them.

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

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