Legislative Principles Series, Number 2 The booklet provides policymakers and civic and business leaders with a highly condensed yet easy-to-read guide to state fiscal policy matters. It presents the 10 most important principles of sound fiscal policy, from "Above all else: Keep taxes low" to "Protect state employees from politics." The booklet also contains an extensive bibliography for further research, including many links to documents available on the Web, and a directory of the Web sites of national organizations that support sound fiscal policy.