Pro-business and spending cut ideas for Virginia and Fairfax County
The state
Virginia is 31st in pension liability with each family owing over $5,000 to cover the pension deficit.Convert employees to 401k type plans.
Richmond lawmakers are proposing paid family leave-who pays? Will fewer businesses stay or relocate to Virginia?
GREEN? When businessmen hear green deal they see red. VA can be the greenest state in the union simply by allowing the completion of the reactor sites at Anna and Surry. They supply 28% of VA's electricity now.
Right to Work-Defend it. One thing that scares business away faster than greens is unions.
Small claims- raise amount from $5,000 to $20,000 like other states.
Casual labor - raise from the current $600 to $2000 to adjust for inflation. Boost the gig economy.
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The county has been raising pay at twice the rate of the private sector and allowing employees to retire at age 55.
This is causing taxes to go up over 3x the rate of family income growth.
Over the last decade the county has lost over 14 billion to other counties and states.
