By Michael Pope, includes “Morgan Scarboro is a policy analyst at the Tax Foundation … “So happy belated Tax Freedom Day to Virginia. And that ranks 27 in the country …” Bill Bergman at Truth in Accounting says Virginia is actually better off than most states because of how it balances the books. 'We calculate it based in the share of unfunded liabilities and other debts that have been accumulated in the state in excess of the assets available to pay the state’s bills, and on that basis Virginia is in relatively good shape financially.'”