In what way are the states "greedy"? They're not hoarding the tax revenue. They're spending it on their citizens. Greed that is not. You may disagree with their allocation of tax revenue but calling it greedy is nonsense.
The cost is $800, and the author probably spent tens of thousands of dollars in time and energy figuring out how or if they needed to pay it. That ratio is not a good tax system!
If you want to have employees in secondary jurisdictions without having to deal with the specifics of operating within them, you can hire folks through a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) like Deel [1]. They'll take them on as full-time employees, pay benefits, handle paperwork - and assign them as full-time contractors to your business. No nexus for you, and full employment for the person working for you. It's not cheap, ofc, but hopefully your employee is generating sufficient value :)