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I was born and raised in DC and I'm moving to Virginia. It's not the latest tax hike, its the series of tax hikes. It's the incompetence - the failure to spend $2.3 billion in federal aid before raising taxes on a very small group of people. It's schools, the failure to regulate people who need to be regulated like crap landlords while piling red tape up on small businesses. I'm leaving because Mary Cheh only listens to developers. Council members say that rich people can afford to pay. That's true. But when Va., is right next door and I can pay 5.75 percent - why do I need to stick around for a death of a thousand cuts as DC pushes past a 10 percent tax.

1. DC had been slowly lowering taxes for several years now. 
2. When you consider other taxes, VA, DC, and MD are not very different overall.

But you do you.[/quote]

Please explain why you think that VA, DC and MD are not very different.  The sales tax in DC is higher.  The income tax rates in DC are higher, while the MD and VA rates are 5.75% at the top brackets on the state level.  MD has local income taxes which make their rates higher, but still not as high as DC.  The estate tax threshold in DC is $1M, while MD is at the fed levels and VA has none.  [/quote]

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