Author Archives: matt ohern

Reagan’s Still Right – Bottom-Up Job Creation In Virginia

Posted on February 3, 2016 by matt ohern

By Mark Obenshain and Kirk Cox “We who live in free-market societies believe that growth, prosperity and, ultimately, human fulfillment are created from the bottom up, not the government down.” President Ronald Reagan uttered these words more than three decades … Continue reading →

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Sparks Will Fly

Posted on February 3, 2016 by matt ohern

Step aside Medicaid expansion. The big uproar in the General Assembly this year is over who gets the final say over the shape of Virginia’s Clean Power Plan: General Assembly Republicans or Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe. At stake is the future … Continue reading →

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Economic Growth Slower Than We Want

Posted on February 3, 2016 by matt ohern

Modest economic growth? Get used to it, according to the latest 10-year projection from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. With the annual pace of employment growth much slower in this expansion than it was in previous decades, it is easy … Continue reading →

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Climate Frequently Changes

Posted on February 3, 2016 by matt ohern

Dangerous manmade global cooling, global warming, climate change and extreme weather claims continue to justify what has become a $1.5-trillion-per-year industry: tens of billions spent annually on one-sided research and hundreds of billions sent to crony corporatists to subsidize replacing … Continue reading →

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Governor’s Corporate Tax Cut Will Have Little Impact

Posted on January 20, 2016 by matt ohern

Governor McAuliffe has proposed a quarter of one percent cut in the corporate income tax rate (from 6% to 5.75%). This puny tax cut will have a minimal impact on economic growth. Indeed, it will only create 280 new jobs in five … Continue reading →

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