Imagine calling our government democratic after they mandate giving everyone a 20% raise.
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Yes. It gives business owners ideas to leave.
Good. The US is supposed to be a "free market" of governments. Don't like the government in California? Go to another state. Don't like that businesses are leaving your state? Vote for someone else. If you say that losing any businesses -- regardless of the potential benefits -- is unacceptable, then you essentially have a completely stagnant state. If all the US states are stagnant like that, and there is no innovat…
The DOA proposals like these impose part of their costs-- pushing successful businesses, wealth parties, and those who hope to someday be-- away from the state, without actually providing any benefit since they don't pass.
As you note: it certainly will not pass. I wouldn't have posed that rhetorical question for a 'innovative' law that had realistic prospects of passing.
And die? Who said die? The hyperbolic proposals cause harm without providing a benefit to the public. Sure, it's not going to kill the economy. But it's not arguably in our interest to antagonize the economy with over the top proposals that won't fly.
Plus there are plenty of problems the legislature could be solving. ... DOA legislation is a distraction and takes time away from more realistic proposals.
> Don't like the government in California? Go to another state. Don't like that businesses are leaving your state? Vote for someone else.
Expressing unhappyness with the actions of the legislature is very much a part of that process.
Re: California proposes 4-day work week without pay cut for large companies
#13Imagine calling our government democratic after they mandate giving everyone a 20% raise.
Hey it's a 25% raise if you do the math by the hour!
As someone in North Carolina I'm glad I don't have to wake up to headlines of the state government pretending to try to pass strange utopian wishful thinking laws every few weeks. Not that we're perfect either, but the scope of ambition of CA politicians is so very, very, cute.
Has that California law requiring female board members (or else a punitive fine) for CA HQ'ed companies been struck down by the courts yet? I would be flabbergasted if that law survived the courts. Y'all have it strange out there.