The Issues

Economic Freedom

Youngkin Holds Winning Hand on Tax Cuts

Passing the state budget, which is a blueprint of how state tax money in Virginia must be spent during the next two years, is one of the General Assembly’s most...

Barbara Hollingsworth
April 4, 2022

If U.S. Copies Europe, “It Will End in Tears”

“Don’t follow our path. Don’t copy the Europeans. It will end in tears,” Peiser said....
Stephen D. Haner
April 1, 2022

Time for Public to Speak

“I urge you again to contact your Senators and Congressmen …. Tell them you believe this is an unequaled opportunity to help return America to prosperity and make government again...

Christian Braunlich
March 29, 2022

Green New Deal Still Rules in Virginia

The elections of a Republican Virginia governor and a new Republican majority in the House of Delegates have not changed Virginia’s status as one of the greenest of Green New...

Stephen D. Haner
March 11, 2022

Is Fairfax Positioning To Move Against Gas?

It was a Richmond City Council resolution back in the fall, expressing a desire to shut down its municipal natural gas utility, that triggered pending (and now struggling) Virginia legislation to prevent...

Stephen D. Haner
March 8, 2022

Doubling Standard Deduction is Middle Class Tax Reform

The argument now dividing the General Assembly on partisan lines is not whether to cut the state income tax, but for whom. The House of Delegates goes big with a...

Stephen D. Haner
February 24, 2022

Repeal of VCEA, RGGI, EV Mandates Pass House, Face Hostile Senate

Virginia’s House of Delegates Republicans have passed a series of bills retreating from Virginia’s rush toward a fossil-fuel free future, but they were party-line votes and Democrats in the Virginia...

Stephen D. Haner
February 17, 2022

House Would Return Surpluses, Senate Ready to Spend More

Virginia government is flooded with cash, tax revenues far in excess of what is needed to maintain its current level of services and a fair reserve.  Key votes have now...

Stephen D. Haner
February 14, 2022

Mason-Dixon Poll: Virginia Voters Support Collective Bargaining Reforms

With several localities in Virginia having passed ordinances allowing government unions a monopoly on representing public employees, the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy today released results of Mason-Dixon poll...

F. Vincent Vernuccio
February 1, 2022

Jefferson Forum concentrates on policies that affect everyday life in Virginia

Economic Freedom

Lower taxes and fewer regulations

Education Freedom

More choices for Virginia families

Energy Freedom

Reliable, affordable energy

Worker Freedom

Protecting Virginia’s right-to-work tradition

These are the building blocks of a more competitive and prosperous Virginia.