Category Archives: Economy
You’re Invited to Our Tele-Town Hall Meeting: Re-Opening Our Communities with George Allen
Virginia and our nation are facing one of the greatest challenges of our lifetime. The lives and livelihoods of millions of Americans are now at stake from an invisible enemy: the coronavirus and COVID-19. But it’s a false choice to … Continue reading
Mutated by COVID, Unemployment Insurance Unsustainable
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. … Continue reading
Is US Economy Headed Toward a Depression? No, but a Recession is Likely
With so much uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 crisis, it is difficult to predict how the economy will fair for the remainder of the year. Many economists have been looking for a drop in real gross domestic product — the monetary … Continue reading
This is the Green New Deal Economy. Enjoy
If all else fails in achieving your green energy dreams, you can always hope for a depression. In Italy, the COVID-19 depression has already dropped electricity demand by about 18-21%, as reported recently by Utility Dive. The regional transmission organizations … Continue reading
Attorney General Ramps Up To Hunt for Corporate Bias
One intrusive employment law change opposed by business groups was finally watered down in the late stages of the 2020 Virginia General Assembly, but others are passing and will be actively enforced by a phalanx of new state investigators and … Continue reading