The Issues

Economic Freedom

America’s (and Virginia’s) Road-Maintenance Deficit

State transportation departments across the country are spending billions of dollars to build new roads and highways even as they fail to maintain the road networks they already have, according...

Jefferson Forum
March 13, 2014

Some Good News on Highways and Bridges

A lot of the push for increased federal transportation funding has been generated over the years by projections from the Federal Highway Administration and two national commissions, based largely on...

Jefferson Forum
March 13, 2014

Obamacare's Impact on Virginia

February, 2014 the non-partisan, independent Congressional Budget Office released a comprehensive analysis of the likely employment impacts that Obamacare will have on the economy over the next several years, and...

Jefferson Forum
February 27, 2014

Proposed Overhaul in Allocation of Transportation Dollars

In September House Speaker William J. Howell, R-Stafford, gave a major policy speech to the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce declaring that money alone cannot solve Virginia’s transportation problems. He called for...

Jefferson Forum
February 13, 2014

Obamacare’s Other Shoe Drops, And How To Catch It

President Obama’s pledge, to the effect, “if you like your health plan, you can keep it,” oft repeated in the run-up to passage of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), has...

Jefferson Forum
January 29, 2014

Government Regulations Impact Industries

Increasing government regulations tend to have varying degrees of effect on different industries. Even though their impacts on the broader economy may be modest, for certain industries, the impact can...

Jefferson Forum
January 29, 2014

The Jefferson Journal: Medical Care for the Needy

As Virgnia’s General Assembly debates whether to expand the taxpayers’ financed Medicaid to an additional 400,000 of our citizens, we should step back and see what can be done today...

Mike Thompson
January 27, 2014

Medical Care for the Needy

As our state’s General Assembly debates whether to expand the taxpayers’ financed Medicaid to an additional 400,000 of our citizens, we should step back and see what can be done...

Jefferson Forum
January 14, 2014

EMS as Competitive Economic Advantage

Eleven years ago NASCAR racer Jerry Nadeau was blazing hot on the Richmond Raceway… until he barreled into a turn and smashed into a concrete wall. The wreck registered at...

Jefferson Forum
January 14, 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.