Tesla moving headquarters to Texas from California
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What I do wonder is how this is going to affect the internal composition of the company; I'm fairly sure a sizable % of their employees, especially women and POC, would rather gtfo than move over there.
Regardless of where in Texas it is, SB8[0] still applies.
Go and ask some folks you know who have working female reproductive systems whether or not they want to live in Texas.
This is the single dumbest thing Musk could do. A big F to the state that has promoted him to where he is, that contains the vast majority of his fan and customer base. All to save some taxes.
I used to promote Tesla to friends. That’s certainly over.
It's also good to remember that that law was put in place because people would buy cars and there was nowhere to service them. Much of Texas is still rural to some degree.
Edit: Citation provided below
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-...
Citation needed.
The one that started out less fully industrialized, because of the opportunity to import technology and make catch-up gains, as one would expect if labor laws had no contribution.
That point isn't that labor laws are bad. They save a lot of lives. But if you have a lot of laws that stifle productivity, such as (important) OSHA laws, it's natural that wage growth will be stifled as well.
For instance, truckers would make a lot more money if our labor laws let them drive more hours per day, or at a faster speed limit. But we don't let them do that and therefore their productivity and wage potential are capped.
There aren't going to be any citations about this, because there's no point in studying it. It's just plain old deductive reasoning.
Furthermore, for many white collar professions, which are among the main productivity boosters and growers, time spent on the job is counterproductive past a certain point.
California has some of the best and smart people but the Government of California has been nothing but a disaster on all fronts - crime, cost of living, ease of business, upward mobility, public transportation, the entire gamut.
Also, pragmatically, if this means that more tech workers end up relocating to Texas, this will hasten the shift in Texan politics. Most tech workers are left-leaning if only because educated people are left-leaning.
And let's be honest, if you are working for a salary, the Republican party does not represent your interests.
Given how covid is currently affecting Texas, the next election cycles are going to be interesting.
The engineers also tend to be affected by the things the taxes are collected for. Like, say, healthcare in case you get unemployed.
Like all states, Texas wastes more than enough money for it be a consistent position to simultaneously support better health care while resisting higher taxes.
tesla isn't doing the hastening willingly. Their hires are.
Clearly, Tesla wouldn't want that; but it would be a side-effect.
Tech workers tend to be educated, educated people tend to be left-leaning, a tech economy is a liberal economy.
That California has a liberal government and the world's tech hub is not a coincidence.
No, knowledge workers (including tech workers) are more educated because of the specific requirements of the jobs they do.
While that type of jobs may be disproportionately concentrated in cities, the ones that are rural are still educated.
Good distinction on knowledge workers.
You do realize that that's a non-sequitur, do you? Let's break it down:
1. Cities are more educated (compared to what? But OK.)
2. Colleges are more liberal (than what? But OK too.)
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3. Tech workers are more educated (????)
Does not compute, my friend. In any case, this does not even contradict anything I said.
And I brought up COVID because the (unvaccinated) people are dying in record numbers in Texas, and those dying are overwhelmingly right-leaning.
I struggle to understand your point.
Educated people should be able to see the current graphs. Hint: Covid will be gone in 4-6 weeks.
There was no shame or boast intended, and I struggle to see where it could be perceived in my comments.
I live in the Bay Area now, in no small part due to how that fine state is run.
What morals do you stand for when oppressing people’s individuality under the guise of any political reason? You wouldn’t cheer for others forcing your actions, would you?
I wouldn't associate PhDs with intelligence given this information.
[1] https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/2021081...
[2] https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2016/04/26/a-wider-ideo...
Most scientist know how flaky scientific results and publications are. Studies like the Lancet didn't help either.
I'm a PhD and waiting a few months was the smart move
Just like Republican party that has lost its original core with anti-science and anti-truth crusade, the Democrats have injected identity politics and woke culture. Absolutely garbage, both sides.
NJ, New York, Pittsburgh: all improvements. Texas also has good tax law which is fair to newcomers but all the other stuff seems like it'd be a real drag on hiring.