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Travel should be safe, including during declared public health crises. During such times, travel providers should be required to put in place and publicize safety protocols. 

Travel should include consumer protections, including transparent pricing and access to redress.

States should adequately fund and broaden their methods of financing public education. Education financing should be shifted from property taxes to less regressive forms of taxation. 

States should generally avoid arbitrary limitations on property taxes.

Tax reform should focus on raising sufficient revenue. It should make the tax system more equitable and efficient. Reforms should: 

States should increase the progressive nature of their income tax systems.

Reforming business taxes, such as corporate tax or a tax on the financial industry, should be considered in any effort to raise additional revenue. 

States with income taxes should allow credits for taxes paid by their residents to other states so that no taxpayer is subject to double taxation. 

Policymakers should not tax the actuarial value of Medicare or the value of other in-kind benefits (see also

Limitations can be set on the exclusions for other employer-provided benefits such as life insurance, tuition, and parking.