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 innovation in legislation, then we end up with problems that we never even try to solve.
California's economy is not going to die whether this bill passes or not (although it certainly will not).
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.
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 innovation in legislation, then we end up with problems that we never even try to solve.
California's economy is not going to die whether this bill passes or not (although it certainly will not).