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Economic Freedom

How the Recession Ends

Though likely still a long way off, economists are already making predictions as to the style and timing of the upcoming recovery and expansion....
Jefferson Forum
April 28, 2009

Let’s Reduce Health Care Costs Based on Facts

Contrary to popular claims, the price of prescription drugs are a small and decreasing factor in the ever-increasing costs of health insurance. If we’re going to reduce the rising cost...

Mike Thompson
April 3, 2009

Is It a Crisis of Funding or a Crisis of Courage? – The State Budget for the Commonwealth of Virginia

It will take courage and leadership from our state leaders to make the necessary changes that place us on the right track of limiting the government’s size....
Mike Thompson
March 3, 2009

The Right to Choose…Secretly

It may seem like a distant problem for a Right to Work state like Virginia, but if the Employee Free Choice Act, or the “card check bill,” is passed it...
Christian Braunlich
January 5, 2009

Global Virginia

Globalization is no passing fad, meaning well-integrated, “World Cities” will be economic engines in the future. For Virginia that means rethinking how our regions interact and work together, how we...
Jefferson Forum
January 5, 2009

The Economy and the Environment

In an internal analysis of the U.S. economy and federal environmental spending, Center for Environmental Stewardship Director David Schnare conducted a brief review of the relationship between the health of...

David Schnare
October 1, 2008

Reviving the Great Melting Pot

A century ago, Americans expected immigrants to learn English and adapt to a new culture. Would it be politically incorrect to encourage today's immigrants to "Americanize"?...
Jefferson Forum
August 4, 2008

Only Transportation Reform Will Bring a Solution

“Virginians should be fed up with a transportation debate that focuses only on more taxes and not on reforming a system that isn’t working well in the 21st Century,” says...

Jefferson Forum
June 1, 2008

The Housing Recession Economic Forecast

This ninth annual economic forecast, prepared by Chmura Economics and Analytics, anticipates that Virginia’s economy will be sluggish for the remainder of 2008 before improving in 2009. Single-family building permits,...

Christine Chmura
June 1, 2008

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.