The time to restrain state spending is when we can afford it. So why aren’t we?
Geoffrey Segal
Government should avoid doing things that can be done better and less expensively by the tax-producing private sector. Isn’t it time we stopped shielding the […]
How much has state spending increased? This study demonstrates how quickly Virginia’s state budget has grown over the past ten years and outlines several ideas […]
Last year’s financial crisis brought only a smattering of budget reform. With a $918 million (and growing) surplus, lawmakers have the breathing room to make […]
To promote efficiency in state government, Virginia should adopt the Performance Assessment Rating Tool used by President Bush to rein in the federal bureaucracy.
Virginia could do a lot to build economic development with a law to rollback job-killing regulations. Delegate Chris Saxman is promoting just such a law.