As companies become larger and more profitable, as a general rule they move as much of their workforce as possible to lower-wage locations, whether less expensive states or less expensive countries.
Business in California is booming, which is precisely what drives wages up. Companies leaving allows other new vibrant businesses to hire the old workers.
The state isn't losing out at all. Compared with other countries, California by itself would have the 5th highest GDP in the world. It's a roaring success.
I would say that California has a strong economy in spite of it's government. Not because of it.
Checks and balances.
Regarding duty of care, 43 states are reopening already. Are they wrong? Can you prove they’re wrong to do so? Shouldn’t there be a burden of proof if you as the government require a business to remain shuttered when the vast majority of states are reopening?
“We were working on a lot of policies and procedures to help operate that plant and quite frankly, I think Tesla did a pretty good job, and that’s why I had it to the point where on May 18, Tesla would have opened,” Mr. Haggerty said. “I know Elon knew that. But he wanted it this week.”
so 1 more week beyond today is what the officials were planning on.
Then he should be the only one in the factory
>what about "duty of care" to his staff?
Its not like Elon harm his staff by opening,
>Also what other laws can he (or anyone else) choose to violate?
In general, every law can be violated, broken, bend. It boil down to the pros vs the cons for you.
Simply driving a car during normal situation can potentially expose you death as well.
As a Tesla investor, I support the relocation of Fremont production capacity out of California. If this speeds that up (even if it’s simply a public circus exercise), I have no complaints.
You've pinpointed the most important issue here. The health of your portfolio!
Which is strange, because coronavirus primarily impacts the elderly and those with higher risk factors, and the death rate increase is only slightly above the death rate floor, while climate change impacts all 7 billion+ world citizens, which will be closer to 10 billion by 2100.
Alameda County may win the battle but will lose the war —as an added insult, maybe the Raiders can break thru a big ribbon that says “Tesla Nevada” on it as they enter their new arena for the first time this Fall!
It's not clear to me how to balance those costs against the decisions made by public health officials who are experts. I'm certainly not a "even one death is unacceptable" believer, nor do I think we should unnecessarily expose large numbers of people to risk (especially in the case of highly infectious diseases).
Assuming Tesla made wise decisions, I'm sure only a small number of people more would provably get sick due to exposure at the factory. But it's not Elon's sole decision.
I don't think balance sheets and sensibility might be the main point here, Elon can and will conquer that hill he's willing to die on.