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

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

Governments should avoid enacting laws that are inconsistent with U.S. Supreme Court precedent on takings.

A variety of criteria should be used when evaluating proposals to stimulate the economy:

Relief packages for people facing hardships due to economic downturns should be temporary and well-targeted.

The debate over immigration to the U.S.

States should simplify estate planning. This includes allowing the use of electronic wills or trusts to govern the distribution of property at death.

States should expand laws on durable powers of attorney to:

States should codify, simplify, and clarify trust laws. They should model them on the Uniform Trust Code.

Policymakers should encourage advance care planning. This should include the creation of advance directives.