Perhaps you missed the effect in Connecticut, but everything is fungible today. Nothing says that the very wealthy need stay in New York, no where is there a law that says businesses can’t relocate to friendlier locales. Ask GE why they left the bankrupt state of Conn. Why they moved to Mass. Ask Toyota why they…

So you want to unionize a company that is on the cutting edge of robotization? So you want to speed up the loss of human jobs to robots that don’t get sick, take a break, do drugs, have home issues, or the myriad problems humans bring to the workplace. Swell job of looking at the consequences.

Did I miss the part of the argument where she acknowledged that it was the Democrats who put her grandfather in the internment camp? That Sam Rayburn (of Washington architectural fame) was Speaker of the House? That John Garner was President of the Senate? That Democrats controlled the HOUSE, SENATE, and…

amusing, isn’t it, that the person you describe as completely and totally racist turned out to be an African-American. :-)

Dissent is fine, unless you disagree with a liberal position. Then you’re a misogynistic, homophobic bigot.

So you’re been working 60 hrs/week as a salaried employee. Now, by executive fiat, you suddenly can get time and a half for those last 20 hrs. Expect to be replaced by two employees each working 29 hrs. Simple. No overtime, no benefits, and you’ve lost your job.

Or it’s as simple as a huge portion of Louisiana’s budget was from oil revenue. Surprisingly enough, Alaska is running a huge budget deficit as well.