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May 2020
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The Jefferson Journal: Governor Punts On First Down —
Just as COVID-19 was starting its destruction of the world's economy in early March, the Virginia General Assembly took final action on an exuberant two-year state budget within shouting distance of $140 billion. Six weeks later at Reconvened Session, with the economic damage obvious but not yet measured, the Assembly reaffirmed the same spending plan. Rather than substantially cut the budget, Governor Ralph Northam and his finance team proposed to delay the vast majority of the newly authorized spending and decide later whether the state can afford it. It was a punt on first down. Read It Here!
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April 2020
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Jefferson Journal: Mutated By COVID, Unemployment Insurance Unsustainable —
By Stephen D. Haner America's and Virginia's unemployment insurance program -- born of the Great Depression and the Social Security Act of 1935 -- may be another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus has mutated unemployment insurance into a form not financially sustainable. Read It Here!
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April 2020
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Jefferson Journal: The Revolution Has Been Postponed, Not Cancelled —
By Stephen D. Haner Governor Ralph Northam has asked the General Assembly to put off until May 1, 2021 the implementation of several key pro-union changes in Virginia's labor and employment laws, including a 31 percent increase in the minimum wage. But the revolution has merely been postponed, not cancelled. Read It Here!
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March 2020
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Jefferson Journal: Northam Should Take Bricks Out of the Life Raft —
By Stephen D. Haner Sixty days ago, activists were arguing this was a rising economy and state government should mandate raising workers to a higher level. This is now a sinking economy, and the General Assembly's actions have piled bricks on the life rafts workers will need to survive. Read It Here!
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