If only congress had that power, but the United States of American really are the "united states" of America, not "the country of America", and even folks who live in the US often forget that the federal government really doesn't have a lot of power in regulating how states run their affairs.
Congress literally can't pass the laws the article proposes: it does not have that power. Would be nice if it did, would certainly make the country a better place for the vast majority of people, but as it stands: each state is basically equivalent to a country, with a formal agreement to collaborate as part of a federation, but with express limitations on how much the federation as a whole gets to "interfere".
Did other people reach the same conclusion: that it would be good to have a stronger Federal government that can take over states' rights?
I agree that California is bad for remote hiring, and I believe that this is a novel competitive advantage for other states to capitalize on. Asking Congress to "fix" California would starve North Dakota, for example, of the opportunity to make it super tax-cheap to hire remote employees.
Let California tax-implode during a time of unforeseen redistribution of labor.
I don't agree with the conclusion that a stronger Federal government is necessarily a good thing. Though even if that is someone's conclusion I don't think it is worth downvoting. It seems like more users are treating downvote as "I disagree" these days.
> Let California tax-implode during a time of unforeseen redistribution of labor.
Yes. "You made your bed, now lie in it" is good policy methinks.
Conversely: if California tax-implodes, tens of millions of people are going to be affected, and not in the "no avocado toast for you" sense but in the "you can't make your rent anymore, I hope you like living on the streets" sense.
May California go through many tax-reforms, appropriate to modern practices and expectations, sparked by cases like these, but may it never tax-implode.
Congress literally can't pass the laws the article proposes: it does not have that power. Would be nice if it did, would certainly make the country a better place for the vast majority of people, but as it stands: each state is basically equivalent to a country, with a formal agreement to collaborate as part of a federation, but with express limitations on how much the federation as a whole gets to "interfere".