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It is notable that businesses have been "fleeing" the rus belt and california (by US standards high regulatory environments) for lower tax and lower (ie worse l

It is notable that businesses have been "fleeing" the rus belt and california (by US standards high regulatory environments) for lower tax and lower (ie worse labour protection) laws in the old southern states for a decade or two now. As Britain leaves the EU tonight it's worth reflecting on the differential between the states in the US and whether / how the feds would enforce a level playing field...

vorpalhex 6y ago
> As Britain leaves the EU tonight it's worth reflecting on the differential between the states in the US and whether / how the feds would enforce a level playing field... Do you not see why that fed strategy would backfire given that Britain LEFT THE EU? One of the major goals of the EU was to iron out county favoring quirks in the law and it's become such a meddlesome entity that one of it's major participants is leaving.
- lifeisstillgood 6y ago
  this is one of those agree to disagree situations.
  - vorpalhex 6y ago
    This is a pretty factual situation with a lot of hard numbers and economic theory. We're not picking favorite ice creams, we're talking about how we're organizing our governmental strategy. We have a lot of historical and statistical evidence on that.
underseacables 6y ago
The UK has already left the EU and absolutely none of the doomsday scenarios warned by the remainders has come true
- ardy42 6y ago
  > The UK has already left the EU and absolutely none of the doomsday scenarios warned by the remainders has come true I'm not sure what those exact doomsday scenarios that you're referring to are, but for practical purposes my understanding nothing has actually changed yet, and those changes that will happen are still a few hours away. It really is too early to tell what kind of consequences there will be for the UK. It might eventually end up as a little English rump state, for instance.

vorpalhex 6y ago

> As Britain leaves the EU tonight it's worth reflecting on the differential between the states in the US and whether / how the feds would enforce a level playing field... Do you not see why that fed strategy would backfire given that Britain LEFT THE EU? One of the major goals of the EU was to iron out county favoring quirks in the law and it's become such a meddlesome entity that one of it's major participants is leaving.

lifeisstillgood 6y ago
this is one of those agree to disagree situations.
- vorpalhex 6y ago
  This is a pretty factual situation with a lot of hard numbers and economic theory. We're not picking favorite ice creams, we're talking about how we're organizing our governmental strategy. We have a lot of historical and statistical evidence on that.

underseacables 6y ago

The UK has already left the EU and absolutely none of the doomsday scenarios warned by the remainders has come true

ardy42 6y ago
> The UK has already left the EU and absolutely none of the doomsday scenarios warned by the remainders has come true I'm not sure what those exact doomsday scenarios that you're referring to are, but for practical purposes my understanding nothing has actually changed yet, and those changes that will happen are still a few hours away. It really is too early to tell what kind of consequences there will be for the UK. It might eventually end up as a little English rump state, for instance.