Boasts of balanced budgets belie big bills that don't make it to the bottom line, group says … 'Taxpayer burdens occur when politicians decide to make promises on paper without fully funding the programs on the balance sheet,' TIA founder and CEO Sheila Weinberg said in a statement. 'The result is disingenuous to civil servants who are counting on many of these retirement programs, and a betrayal of future generations who may have to pay for them.'