Hesitant to wade into politics but here we go. I think paying remote workers competitively regardless of their place of residency could lessen the political pol

Hesitant to wade into politics but here we go. I think paying remote workers competitively regardless of their place of residency could lessen the political polarization in the US. The (mostly liberal) brain-drain from middle America to the coasts is real, and exacerbates the undemocratic nature of the Senate (etc). It would have profound economic benefit for the “flyover states” as well, reversing the flow of money out of small-to-medium towns. I say this as someone from a small town in Alabama who had to leave to have a career: give me a reason to make a life there.