The Issues

Economic Freedom

Car Tax Cuts

Car Tax Cuts How Should Localities be Reimbursed? Foreword This Issue Paper is another in a series of thought provoking essays published by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy...

Jefferson Forum
May 22, 2022

Jefferson Institute Chair: Virginia’s Competitiveness Continues to Decline

4/13/2016 — Michael W. Thompson, Chairman and President of the Thomas Jefferson Institute commented on yesterday’s release of a study by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) examining the economic outlook...

Jefferson Forum
May 22, 2022

2018 Tax Poll

HOW THE POLL WAS CONDUCTED This poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, Inc. of Jacksonville, Florida from December 14 through December 18, 2018. A total of 625 registered Virginia...

Jefferson Forum
May 22, 2022

Most States Outperform Virginia Over Past Decade

As measured by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Virginia’s economic outlook has continued its precipitous drop and now barely ranks in the top half among the American states, 24th...

Stephen D. Haner
April 18, 2022

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

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.