The Issues

Economic Freedom

The Self-Inflicted Infrastructure “Crisis”

We continually hear about an “infrastructure crisis” in the United States, a malady from which Virginia has not been spared. Talk of pot-holed streets, tottering bridges and crumbling highways invariably...

Jefferson Forum
February 18, 2015

Virginia House Bills Put Roads Over Rails

(Editor’s note: This article from Watchdog.org’s Virginia Bureau on February 17th is reprinted because the idea that legislation needs to be passed to make sure the transportation funding’s top priority...

Jefferson Forum
February 18, 2015

Certificate Of Need Reform Needed To Move Virginians Forward

When I joined the nursing profession 6 years ago, I made it my goal to provide the best health care possible to all of my patients. And part of that...

Jefferson Forum
February 4, 2015

A Level Financial Playing Field For P3 Projects

One of the perennial arguments raised against long-term public-private partnerships (P3s) for transportation infrastructure is that the financing cost will be higher, because revenue bonds issued by the private sector...

Jefferson Forum
February 4, 2015

Building An Economy Less Tied To The Federal Government

Once again Virginia is fretting over our economy’s over-reliance on the federal government. Our state is no longer growing rapidly. We are no longer seeing our jobs increase faster than...

Mike Thompson
January 21, 2015

Recession Fears Ebb As Economy Grows

The current economic expansion that began in June 2009 is now in its 68th month. That makes it nine months longer than the average of the 11 expansions that occurred...

Jefferson Forum
January 21, 2015

Jefferson Journal: Economic Forecast Shows Slow Growth at Best for Virginia

is out, and it shows that our economy — with its overreliance on federal spending — continues to recover slowly from the Great Recession. More importantly, it points to a...

Mike Thompson
January 12, 2015

Economic Forecast Shows Slow Growth at Best for Virginia

The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, the state premier public policy foundation, recently released its 15th annual Economic Forecast for Virginia and it shows that our economy continues to...

Mike Thompson
January 7, 2015

First, Let’s Try Equal Employment Rights

Body cameras and independent prosecutors for police misconduct, are both good ideas, but not the place to start in addressing our current National policing crisis. We will never succeed in...

Jefferson Forum
January 7, 2015

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.