The Issues

Economic Freedom

The Jefferson Journal: Thoughts on Expanding Medicaid

There are two policy issues involved in whether Virginia should expand Medicaid: first is whether the budget should be the vehicle through which a major new government entitlement program is...

Mike Thompson
April 14, 2014

Some Thoughts on Expanding Medicaid

There are two policy issues involved in whether Virginia should expand Medicaid: first, is whether the budget should be the vehicle through which a major new government entitlement program is...

Mike Thompson
April 10, 2014

Value-Added Tolling: Getting to "Yes" on Interstate Tolling

The Interstate highway system is wearing out. Over the next two decades, nearly all of its 47,000 miles will have to be rebuilt, to make it serviceable for another 50+...

Jefferson Forum
April 10, 2014

The Jefferson Journal: Medicaid Reform — The Virginia Way

With the General Assembly deadlocked, it’s time to think through the Medicaid expansion issue. Here are some thoughts and questions that need to be part of this debate and need...

Mike Thompson
March 31, 2014

65 is the New 25

As Baby Boomers reach their retirement years, the Age Wave is washing over the country. The big push among the G.I. Generation and the Silent Generation was to head south,...

Jefferson Forum
March 27, 2014

The Obamacare of Real Estate

Top Senate Banking Committee members released plans this week to wind down mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and replace them with a complicated apparatus disturbingly similar to Obamacare....

Jefferson Forum
March 27, 2014

Elevated Managed Lanes Might Work Here in Virginia

(Publisher’s note: This article bring all sorts of ideas to mind on where double decking roads might work here in Virginia. Two quick suggestions in Northern Virginia would be Route...

Bob Poole
March 27, 2014

Medicaid Reform – The Virginia Way

Let’s think through this Medicaid expansion issue. First, everyone wants to make sure that those who need health care assistance have access to it as needed, but how to best...

Mike Thompson
March 26, 2014

A Closer Look at the Jobs Numbers

The jobless rate is falling, and that’s good news. But it is declining for the wrong reasons, and that’s not good for a variety of reasons. The rate has fallen...

Christine Chmura
March 13, 2014

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.