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In reality, producing different product variants is infeasible and so bigger states drive standards. That's why cars used to be marketed as having "California e
by aristus 3y ago
In reality, producing different product variants is infeasible and so bigger states drive standards. That's why cars used to be marketed as having "California emissions", and why textbook companies kowtow to Texas.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoThat is not the same as a poor southern state having to pay CA or NY. That is a business deciding to choose certain economies of scale. And California and New York’s population is not that big, the US south has quite a lot of people, and the #2 and #3 states in terms of population, so I doubt the premise that CA/NY standards are “taxing” consumers in the US south as implied earlier.
- aristus 3y agoGP said nothing about taxing, only "having a say". But standards can cost more. Lots of people grumbled about about paying extra for those damned gold-plated hippy mufflers, etc. A single big state can and will enforce a product rule in their state, with the explicit knowledge that by doing so they will cause a change in the other 49. Many smaller states explicitly default their rules to some other state, eg Texas teaching.