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think is that [it] might seem so basic, Amtrak and extra direct flights, but it’s significant for people in our part of the state to be able to have greater access to do their business.


VB:More than 81 percent [of survey respondents] see Virginia’s business climate as good or excellent compared to neighboring states. They also don’t see any reason to lower the com- monwealth’s tax rate. Why do you think CPAs are satisfied with current conditions?


Cotton: In Northern Virginia our competition is the District of Columbia and Maryland, and we have by far the best tax climate among those three, and I think we tend to be optimistic for that reason. I’m not so sure about everybody agreeing that the tax rate in Virginia is just fine right now. We’d all like to see it get lower, but I think our environment up there is, [if ] you’re going to start a business, you’re looking at starting it in D.C. … Maryland [or] Virginia. My view is, it’s not really much of a choice. Virginia is by far the most business- friendly of those three governments.


Thomson: What’s not to love about Virginia? When you step back, despite all the good analysis we’re trying to give about the things that maybe aren’t work- ing well, you draw a circle around Vir- ginia about 500 miles, and you’re picking up many, many significant major markets in the U.S. We’re the northernmost right to work state [on the East Coast], so we don’t have some of the issues to deal with that other states do … Overall, whether you’re looking at gas tax rates or at our state income tax rates, we are very competitive.


Einhorn: In addition to our neighbor- ing states, people compare our com- monwealth government to the federal government. I think they feel like they’re getting a better bang for their buck in Virginia, even though most people would like it to be more efficient. It seems to be operating more responsibly than the fed- eral government. Therefore, it seems like there’s a lot of attention on lowering my federal taxes. I do believe that the bipar-


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