Economy

It’s Time to Get to Work The election is over.  It’s time to get back to work.  The appearance of Washington is unchanged.  Democrats control the White House and the Senate and Republicans control the House.  The American people have spoken.  Those in Washington and those coming to Washington are going to have to sit down, hammer out solutions, and compromise a… Read more »

Christiansburg's Dish Network center to hire 200 By Jeff Sturgeon http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/315724 How to apply What: Job fair Where: Dish Network, 400 Technology Drive in Christiansburg (in Falling Branch Corporate Park just off Interstate 81) When: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday For more details: Go to www.dish.com/christiansburg. Dish Network Corp.… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after learning that Norfolk Southern Corp. has furloughed approximately 200 employees in the railroad’s Bluefield-based Pocahontas Division and the Roanoke, Va. based Virginian Division: “I have been warning folks about the negative consequences of the Obama Administration's war on coal.  The direct attack is launched… Read more »

Economic Growth in Southwest and Southside Virginia All across Southwest and Southside Virginia, the unintended consequences of Washington’s policies impact our jobs, our pocketbooks, and our way of life.  Sometimes those unintended consequences cost us numerous jobs and even entire industries.  In Washington, I often hear politicians talk about economic “transitions” away from… Read more »

The Young, the Old, and Everyone in Between Taxes In last week’s column, I pointed out just two of the bad ideas included in President Obama’s health care law, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or ObamaCare. In both cases – the Individual Mandate Tax and the Tax on Small Businesses and Self-Employed Individuals – I think it’s important that people understand that hardworking… Read more »

This week’s column goes in two very different directions:  domestic policy and foreign policy. Hidden Taxes in ObamaCare As I’m sure would be the case for any 2,400 page bill, there are a few good ideas in President Obama’s health care law, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or ObamaCare.  Unfortunately for the American people, the bad ideas outweigh the good… Read more »

The War on Coal is a War on Jobs The Obama Administration’s war on coal is a war on jobs.  Coal is America’s most abundant energy source and one of its most affordable.  It provides nearly half of the nation’s electricity – though the percentage is now declining due in part to the wave of costly anti-coal regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  And… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement regarding his vote to support the Stop the War on Coal Act, H.R. 3409: “Just this week, the Ninth District once again absorbed the devastating impacts of the war on coal.  As another thousand plus jobs are cut from the mining industry, the House took action.  Today’s legislation – the Stop the War on Coal Act… Read more »

By Todd Beamon and John Bachman http://www.newsmax.com/America/obama-griffith-election-romney/2012/09/20/id/457003#ixzz2770uTEpu Four more years of President Barack Obama will bring a “real loss of economic power in this country,” Virginia Rep. Morgan Griffith tells Newsmax.TV. “We would see not just a few thousand layoffs, but tens of thousands of layoffs across the coal… Read more »

http://washingtonexaminer.com/epa-stifles-u.s.-coal-but-subsidizes-it-in-china/article/2508576#.UG7jpj1STjK Two weeks ago, the United States national debt surpassed $16 trillion. To put that into perspective, that is more than $50,000 per person in the U.S. To finance this overwhelming debt, the U.S. is borrowing roughly 40 cents of every dollar we spend, a good portion of it from… Read more »