Monday, November 18, 2013
Contractual legislation
Idiot "governor" Inslee talked the idiot "legislature" into approving a huge set of tax exemptions for Boeing, as an inducement to keep production of the latest airplane here. Then the IAM union thugs rejected Boeing's contract offer, which means Boeing will likely move production elsewhere regardless of the state's efforts.
Now the innocent state taxpayers are stuck with the bill for a bet that didn't pan out.
This is purely wrong. The problem is obvious. States have to make permanent laws as bargaining chips in a game where the other parties are conducting normal contract negotiations.
It's like a real estate deal where one party has to amputate his legs to make an offer, while the other party can just name his price.
Solution is simple. Empower the state gov't to make law contracts or conditional laws. These would take effect instantly when the other party fulfills its side of the contract, and would be erased if the other party decides not to fulfill.
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