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> I hope to god that regulation of interstate trade gets shot down, so California and New York can tax goods from red states into oblivion. Punishing the poor
by infamouscow 4y ago
> I hope to god that regulation of interstate trade gets shot down, so California and New York can tax goods from red states into oblivion.
Punishing the poor and economically disadvantaged in red and blue states as political reprisal is the stupidest idea I've read all day.
What are you accomplishing besides making yourself feel good at the literal expense of the most vulnerable?
- CuriouslyC 4y agoThis is the most strawman argument I've seen all day. Nothing from red states is irreplaceable, and when people replace red state goods with blue state goods to avoid paying more, it hurts the red state companies complicit in the fucked up politics of their region as intended.
- infamouscow 4y agoYou're painting everyone located in a red state with broad strokes. What you're suggesting also affects anyone that votes blue in red states, including business owners and workers that are trying to change their state laws. Changing the law is harder when you're calling to economically punish those businesses and they have to layoff workers or close. So instead of campaigning on the weekend and persuading people to vote to change the state law, workers will be looking a new job. This maintains the status quo rather than help garner support to change it. What you're suggesting is regressive and hurts the pro-choice movement in red states.
- CuriouslyC 4y agoWhat you're saying here is that sanctions don't work, which is clearly false. I think economically strangling red states into the stone age unless they adopt a few basic liberal policies that are only opposed due to religious extremism is an entirely reasonable approach.