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Economic Freedom

How To Build Infrastructure in a Recession

Virginia is badly in need of new and improved infrastructure. But building it in a recession creates its own set of challenges. Here’s how to get that new infrastructure started,...

Mike Thompson
June 4, 2009

How to Build Infrastructure in a Recession

Despite the recession private money is still out there for infrastructure projects. Virginia should be sure to build on its past experiences and continue to engage in public-private partnerships....
Jefferson Forum
June 2, 2009

Comparing the Recession’s Impact Throughout Virginia

While Northern Virginia remains mostly intact during this recession, the Richmond metropolitan area is being hit hard. Unemployment claims so far in this recession are up 156.1 percent....
Jefferson Forum
June 2, 2009

Virginia Off-Shore Gas & Oil Fact Brief — May 2009

On February 19th, 2009, Governor Kaine asked the Federal government to delay oil and gas exploration off the Virginia coast. Attorney General Bob McDonnell and Lieutenant Governor Bolling, in separate...

David Schnare
May 21, 2009

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

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.