Hiring in California is expensive and burdensome. Further, I think California is pretty sophisticated in its remote-business tax-hunting capability. That does m

Hiring in California is expensive and burdensome. Further, I think California is pretty sophisticated in its remote-business tax-hunting capability. That does make it a relatively bad target for hiring remote employees in a global-competitive environment. So perhaps you can hire people elsewhere and avoid tax obligations more easily. If so, this is smart business. States and nation-states that let employers get away with such behavior are losing out on reasonable tax opportunities. Disclaimer: I live in California, and I am not pissed off nor do I find my value threatened by this thread.