Category Archives: Government Reform

Taxpayers Underwrite IRS Full-Time Union Workers

Posted on July 10, 2013 by matt ohern

Did you know that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) actually pays the salary (no, we taxpayers pay the salary) of 200 employees who work full time on labor union business? All this even as IRS furloughs employees and cuts back … Continue reading →

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Food Stamps Should be Used for Healthy Eating

Posted on May 2, 2013 by matt ohern

I had occasion the other day to visit an inner city convenience store in Richmond while working on an article (see the next issue of the Jefferson Policy Journal). I am not exactly Mr. Health Food Guy — I won’t … Continue reading →

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Animal Rights Activists Ordered to Pay Legal Fees

Posted on May 2, 2013 by matt ohern

One year ago this month, I wrote “Animal agriculture may soon owe Feld Entertainment Inc., the parent company of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, a deep debt of gratitude” (April 23, 2012). Now, a win on attorneys’ fees … Continue reading →

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Fostering Regional Collaboration Case by Case

Posted on March 7, 2013 by matt ohern

For reasons rooted in local identity and entrenched political interest, Virginians are unlikely to consolidate their local governments into units aligned with the metropolitan regions they serve. But it is not impossible to imagine governments partnering regionally on specific projects. … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Federal Transportation Policy

Posted on February 6, 2013 by matt ohern

(This article is reprinted from Surface Transportation Innovations, a publication of the Reason Foundation.) Last fall when I began focusing on the impending Jan. 2nd federal sequester (now postponed two months), I concluded that engaging in endless battles over dividing … Continue reading →

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