[BlueStreak]

So, Buckley and Reagan discuss ways to restrict the movement of citizens from one state to another, based on the premise that it's the uniformity of "welfare" regulation that draws them to more temperate climates. Then, they claim uniformity of unemployment and labor regulation nationwide, restricts the ability of businesses to move from one state to another seeking "more favorable conditions"? Face it, they're talking about cheaper, more compliant labor markets and more stringent requirements on the social safety net.

And, all of this in 1967.

The wild card in this economic theory is globalization. Competition between Michigan and Ohio or Ohio and Georgia is one thing. At what point is a government obliged to protect industry and workers from competition they cannot possibly compete with domestically, without subjecting ones own workers to unacceptable conditions found in such a place as Communist China?

Sorry, but I still believe minimum standards are not only good, but necessary for humane reasons. Unchecked competition between states and foreign nations is not "all good". The problems a state such as yours has, Mikey, are double edged sword. Perhaps wages and the safety net there became too expensive at some point, but it can also be said that costs are too low elsewhere. Ultimately a government is judged by how it treats it's people. Are we human beings or chattel to be abandoned for the most "favorable" (Read; "profitable",) conditions?

No thanks, Ronnie. Stay in your grave, please.