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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Desirable places have at least a medium level of taxation to pay for excellent public services and to create the shared infrastructure (roads, schools, power transmission, communication) that allows capitalism to thrive. The local polities can charge these taxes because of demand to live in the state. Virginia has found that sweet spot: taxes are not crazy high (like Connecticut), but are also high enough to support the infrastructure that attracts smart upper-middle class people. Virginia also thrived because it was sort of a local tax dodge for very rich people in the DMV. MD and DC have much higher income taxes, so the very wealthy moved to Nova. If VA raises income taxes on the top-tier, there's really nowhere else for these elites to run. Sure, they can move to Florida but its a huge PITA to spend your days on a plane.[/quote] But they showed us, right PP? [/quote]
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