How To Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying

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Derrick A. Max

Derrick Max is Vice President of Policy at the Jefferson Forum and may be reached at dmax@jeffersonforum.org

Derrick A. Max

Derrick Max is Vice President of Policy at the Jefferson Forum and may be reached at dmax@jeffersonforum.org

Todd Hester

An ordained Presbyterian minister with over twenty years of service to the church. Originally from Travelers Rest, South Carolina, he received a BA in English from Furman University and an MDiv from Beeson Divinity School. He is formerly President and Founder of the Yorktown Foundation.

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Mike Thompson

Only in government can spending increase nearly seven percent even while legislators declare a money “shortfall.” But “shortfall” is what happens when government plans to spend way more money than in the previous budget, and the revenues don’t flow in as optimistically anticipated. Virginia lawmakers are avoiding the hard decision their real-life counterparts in business have been making … and here’s one example.

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