Based on the latest report from the American Legislative Exchange Council, Virginia’s competitiveness against other states is continuing on its downward spiral, says Thomas Jefferson […]
Mike Thompson
Michael Thompson was Founder of the Thomas Jefferson Institute, starting the non-profit after twenty years as owner of his own marketing company in Springfield, Virginia. During eleven of these years he was also president of a family owned group of furniture stores in Georgia.
He was very active in national, state and local politics as well as a number of community organizations, commissions, and committees. He was the Past Chairman of the Virginia Leadership Council for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and served as Vice Chairman of the award-winning Fund for American Studies.
Mr. Thompson passed away in September, 2019 after an almost year-long battle against leukemia.
The General Assembly is debating how best to allow private homeowners to rent their extra bedrooms on a short term basis. That decision may be […]
As I write this, the status of major the health care reform passing the General Assembly is in doubt. It seems that the heavy-handed lobbying […]
Thomas Jefferson Institute President Michael Thompson offered testimony February 4 to encourage dramatic reform of Virginia’s Certificate of Public Need law, an outdated provision that […]
Virginia lives under an out-of-date Certificate of Public Need (COPN) law originally enacted at the urging of the federal government in an effort to contain […]
Governor McAuliffe has proposed a quarter of one percent cut in the corporate income tax rate (from 6 perent to 5.75 percent). This puny tax […]