The Jefferson Journal
Commentary
Should Fairfax County be subsidizing “affordable housing” that includes resort-style swimming pools, exercise facilities, billiards rooms and condo fees of up to $6,800 per year? Yet, that’s exactly what happens in at least three “affordable housing” developments. We believe there is a better way …
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In the 21st Century, learning need not be limited to classes held in a bricks and mortar building. Today, more than a million students take online courses through their school divisions — a 47 percent increase since 2006. Of those, 175,000 are full-time students in full-time online schools. This brochure...
The Virginia Retirement System (VRS) faces an unfunded actuarial accrued liability of about $17 billion, and many view the cost of defined benefit retirement systems like VRS as unsustainable in future years. This new study explores ways to reduce costs — including a hybrid plan combining both a defined benefit...
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) seems to think the people of the region and their elected officials have either short or poor memories. MWAA’s attempt to shift the $300 million cost of an underground rail station at Washington Dulles International Airport to Fairfax and Loudoun Counties is a classic...
Regulation has always run a furlong or two behind technology. It seems an inescapable function of the difference between the two beasts. Even well-intended regulation thrives on rules, stasis and predictability. Technology, by contrast, thrives on unfettered innovation, rapid change and creative destruction. In retrospect, then, the most insightful regulatory...
In 2010, there were 6,271 young people in the Virginia Foster Care System. Through no fault of their own, these young people were removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect, or other family circumstances that prevented them from staying in their homes. In that year, 52.6% were male...
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) seems to think the people of the region and their elected officials have either short or poor memories. MWAA’s attempt to shift the $300 million cost of an underground rail station at Washington Dulles International Airport to Fairfax and Loudoun Counties is a classic...
Virginia may be doing better than the national average, but it’s still feeling the effects of the housing crisis. Here’s an advance look at analysis from Foreclosures Dampen the Economic Recovery — The 2010-2011 Economic Forecast, soon to be published by the Thomas Jefferson Institute.
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