Below is an article written by Virginia's Lt Governor.  He explains how to create jobs, not how to destroy jobs, like the Obama administration.  Virginia is a Right to Work state, has good Public Private Partnership legislation, and is very business friendly.

Federal Policies Could Create Another Recession

By Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling

The Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 28, 2010

President Obama will be visiting Richmond tomorrow to talk about his plans to get America's economy moving again. If the president is really serious about creating jobs, he should start by abandoning the anti-business policies his administration has promoted over the past 18 months.

As Virginia's chief jobs creation officer, I have probably met with more CEOs over the past eight months than anyone in our state. Almost every CEO I have met with has told me the same thing -- they are ready to invest and they are ready to hire but they are afraid to do so because of the anti-business policies being promoted in Washington, D.C.

If someone had sat down 18 months ago and devised a plan to destroy American business, it would look much like the policies currently being promoted in Washington. I'm not suggesting that anyone has pursued these anti-business policies intentionally, but their effect is to create an anti-business environment that could drive our economy back into recession.

Washington's anti-business march started with the promotion of card check and cap-and-trade. Card check could result in the widespread unionization of American business, which would drive up costs and drive down profitability; while cap-and-trade would result in higher energy costs for businesses and families and make it difficult to produce energy through conventional sources like coal.

Washington's anti-business march continued to include the misguided federal health care reform bill, with significant mandates, fines, and penalties that penalize businesses for hiring; and a financial regulatory bill that has created an environment that could cause many of our financial institutions to look for locations outside the United States.

Now, the Obama administration and congressional Democrats appear willing to allow the federal tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 to expire, which will result in a $135 billion tax increase on families and businesses in 2011. If we raise taxes in the midst of the worst economic decline in 60 years, we will most certainly pay a heavy price for doing so.

The anti-business decisions coming out of Washington include many other misguided policies that have the effect of discouraging investment and hiring -- and damping consumer confidence.

For example, out-of-control government spending and debt threatens the financial foundation of our country. This year, our federal deficit will exceed $1.4 trillion dollars and the total national debt will exceed $14 trillion dollars. No one would have predicted this just a few years ago.

This out-of-control spending and debt is unsustainable, and it will inevitably lead to inflation and a further devaluation of our nation's monetary system.

Don't think for a minute that the United States couldn't find itself in the same financial situation as Greece did earlier this year. The federal government is also increasingly interjecting itself into areas that have traditionally been reserved for the private sector.

In the past 18 months, we have seen unprecedented federal intrusion into the auto industry, the banking industry, the health care industry, student loan programs, and more. Instead of promoting policies that grow the government, we should be promoting policies that empower the private sector and unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of America.

And finally, the viability of American business is being threatened by the overreaching regulatory policies of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Current EPA policies are adversely impacting the viability of the coal industry, the nuclear industry, agriculture, residential and commercial development, and any industrial or manufacturing business that discharges into the air or water. If left unchecked, these overreaching EPA policies could have a devastating impact on American business and industry for decades to come.

Against this onslaught of anti-business policies and actions, is it any wonder that American business is afraid to invest, that consumer confidence is at an all-time low, and declines in the stock market have wiped out billions in investor assets?

If we are really serious about getting our economy moving again and creating jobs, we must abandon these anti-business policies in lieu of policies that will encourage investment and hiring; and we must get federal spending and debt under control.

Economic growth can be stimulated by promoting lower taxes, not higher taxes; less regulation, not more regulation; and recommitting ourselves to the apparently outdated notion that it is the private sector that creates jobs and economic prosperity, not the government!

We in Maryland have a state supported organization that helps illegals and thinks that they are above the law.  When will citizens of Maryland stop supporting payments to CASA of Maryland?  Our police do their job to protect us and they get sued by a left-wing organization that has the support of the Governor.  If Maryland stopped providing support to illegal aliens, we taxpayers would save $500 M a year.

Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, among others, is the target of a federal lawsuit filed by a Hispanic immigrant. Roxana Orellana Santos' $1 million suit alleges that her civil rights were violated when two of Jenkins' deputies approached and subsequently arrested her in Frederick last October.
 
Santos claims she was simply eating lunch outdoors when she was profiled by the deputies because of her appearance. Kerry O'Brien is the director of services for CASA de Maryland, an immigrant advocacy organization, and one of several groups that has taken up Santos' cause. O'Brien's position is that Santos was neither committing a crime when she was arrested, nor charged with one after being detained.
 
Perhaps not, but is that the real issue here? The two deputies on the scene said Santos tried to hide when she saw them -- behavior that properly aroused their suspicion. A routine search on a national database turned up a federal immigration warrant, and, after discovering that, the deputies arrested Santos. Many in Frederick County no doubt find it ironic that a person in deportation proceedings is suing the law enforcement agency that identified her as a candidate for deportation. Frankly, we do too.
 
Those same folks may also see this lawsuit as an attempt to target Frederick County's participation in the federal 287(g) program, in which the sheriff's office, under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement guidelines and supervision, identifies lawbreaking illegal immigrants and refers them to ICE for potential deportation.
 
O'Brien claims 287(g) is designed to identify serious/violent crimes, but to date about 90 percent of those processed under the program were accused of misdemeanor offenses. Jenkins has interpreted the program to include offenses such as traffic violations. In the end, this lawsuit is a manifestation of the federal government trying to have it both ways.
 
On the one hand it has the 287(g) program to identify illegal immigrants, but on the other hand it said the program should focus only on criminal/dangerous illegal immigrants. What do you do when a person driving drunk or revoked turns out to be an illegal immigrant?
 
Jenkins' approach has been to refer to ICE anyone who, through normal police activity, is identified as an illegal immigrant. That would include scofflaw drivers -- and Santos as well if, as the deputies said, she attempted to elude them.
 
We are incredulous that Santos could be successful in this. Think of it. A woman is approached by police because of suspicious behavior, and while questioning her they discover federal immigration authorities have issued a warrant for her. They take her into custody and refer her to immigration officials. And they did what wrong? Now, while in deportation proceedings, Santos is suing the sheriff and others for a cool million.
 
The outcome of Santos' suit could have national implications; it could even be, as Jenkins says, a "powder keg." One thing is certain - folks in Frederick County won't be the only ones following the progress of Santos' lawsuit through the courts.