The Issues

Economic Freedom

Reporters Distort the Truth About Government Spending

(Publisher’s note:This “Just Facts” analysis is presented in order to provide all of us here Virginia will a better understanding of government spending on our lives and livelihoods. It is...

Jefferson Forum
June 7, 2012

Bingaman Anti-PPP Battle Continues

(Publisher’s note: Virginia counts on public private partnerships to help our infrastructure needs,. Restricting these partnerships would be a significant blow to our state. This article is reprinted from Surface...

Bob Poole
June 7, 2012

Virginia’s New Manufacturing Challenge — Peoria, not Peking

At long last there is evidence to suggest that manufacturing in the United States has turned the corner. After a decade and a half of steady of corporations moving their...

Jefferson Forum
May 24, 2012

Revisiting Housing + Transportation Costs

(This article is reprinted from Surface Transportation Innovations, a monthly publication of the Reason Foundation). In recent years, it’s become conventional wisdom among many planners that suburbia has become less...

Bob Poole
May 24, 2012

License to Work in Virginia

Governor McDonnell declared 2012 “The Year of the Entrepreneur” in Virginia, asserting the state had the “right” regulatory climate for entrepreneurs. According to a new study on occupational licensure, however,...

Jefferson Forum
May 24, 2012

Tax Restructuring Can Benefit Every Virginian

What if you could improve Virginia’s economy by eliminating state income taxes on the working poor (and cutting taxes for everyone else) while creating thousands of new jobs? And what...

Mike Thompson
May 10, 2012

Technology Revolutionizes Road Construction

New technology is taking cost, time and uncertainty out of highway design. For Virginians, this quiet revolution means less traffic disruption, lower costs and faster turn-around times on big projects....

Jefferson Forum
May 10, 2012

Urban Highway Tunnels Coming of Age

(This article is reprinted from Surface Transportation Innovations, a publication by the Reason Foundation that Bob Poole authors each month.) For the past two decades, the United States has missed...

Bob Poole
May 10, 2012

Tax Restructuring in Virginia: A Revenue Neutral Path for Improving Our Economy

Can Virginia’s tax system be adjusted in a way that would be revenue neutral and grow our economy over the next several years? This new study by the Thomas Jefferson...

Mike Thompson
April 27, 2012

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.