Virginia Again Wins Forbes.com Ranking as Best State for Business
July 11, 2007
Forbes.com has again named Virginia the best state for business. The second annual Top States for Business survey examined U.S. states in six categories: business and living costs; job and income growth; business climate; educational attainment; venture capital investment; and quality of life. Virginia finished in the top 10 in four of the categories. Utah, North Carolina, Texas and Washington round out the top five states.
That’s all true—the people of Virginia have a fine entrepenurial spirit and the technology sector in northern Va. is supplanting Silly Con’s Valley—I don’t see how the state government deserves credit for this, nor do I see how sacrificing personal liberty for a great business environment is a good tradeoff (I’ll spare you the over-the-top historical analogies of societies which have made that choice before).
Oh, and all that fantabulous growth in N. Va. none of that would be associated with the proximity of the Capitol of the free world would it? ;<)
Kaine will change that. "Abuser fees" are only the beginning.