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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Get Rid of Livestock! Save The Planet!
The U.S. Humane Society of the United States recently filed a petition with the EPA to regulate air emissions being emitted from concentrated animal feeding operations. The petition claims that worldwide animal agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of all GHG emissions contributing to global warming! Continue reading
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A Unique Opportunity
The recently released Composite Index of Local Ability to Pay should provide the impetus for the General Assembly to conduct a long over-due investigation of how to calculate ‘Local Ability to Pay’ and reform local public finance in Virginia. Continue reading
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Laissez Les Bon Reforms Roulez – Government reform, Louisiana-style
Anytime you see a multi-billion dollar budget deficit materialize in a state, it’s generally a good sign that it’s time for government downsizing. State policymakers should not aim low by setting their sights on merely rebalancing the budget; rather, they should put into place major budget and fiscal reforms. Continue reading
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Memo to the General Assembly: Tell Them You Mean Business!!
The regulatory and legal environment businesses operate in determines, in large part, if jobs are created. Here are two reforms that, if taken together, would make plaintiffs (and trial lawyers) think twice about filing frivolous lawsuits, saving the taxpayers money by cutting down on litigation and create even greater incentive for investment in the Old Dominion. Continue reading
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Challenging Challenges
Bob McDonnell may have won a landslide victory in his bid for the Virginia governor’s mansion, but by sometime early next year, he may well begin to wish things had turned out differently as he is inheriting arguably the worst budget crisis in living memory. Continue reading