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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a needs assessment component <br />should be created and applied to all non-means-tested <br />entitlements and that if, based upon this assessment, the <br />entitlement benefits are required, they should be taxed on the <br />basis of equity and the ability to pay; and <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the federal government should <br />subject federal tax expenditures to review and change in order <br />that these programs contribute, along with entitlement <br />programs, to deficit reduction in a manner consistent with all <br />other expenditure programs; and <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, opposes any federal action to reduce <br />federal deficits that transfers responsibilities to or imposes <br />unfunded mandates on state and local governments; and <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that implementation of any federal <br />deficit reduction plan must provide cities with sufficient <br />regulatory flexibility to be able to operate efficiently under <br />new fiscal realities; and <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, opposes any tax cuts until concrete <br />legislation to achieve a balanced federal budget has been <br />implemented; and <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, opposes altering accounting rules or <br />changing other procedural or budget rules as a substitute for <br />honest deficit reduction; and <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the computation of consumer <br />price inflation, which is overstated by the current Consumer <br />Price Index, should be revised to reflect true inflation; and <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, strongly opposes de-entitling or block <br />granting of Medicaid unless and until the President and <br />bipartisan Congressional leadership have appointed a bipartisan <br />commission, with equal representation from all three levels of <br />government, to analyze the primary and secondary impacts of <br />changes to the Medicaid program and have proposed measures to <br />help control the rate of growth of Medicaid spending in ways <br />that do not shift burdens to any other level of government; and <br /> <br /> FINALLY, BE IT RESOLVED, that any structural changes in <br />federal programs implemented for deficit reduction must allow <br />for an adequate transition period. Cities should be a full <br /> <br /> <br />