re: #2 Rightwingconspirator

Nope. No real evidence of that either. Doesn’t affect the state budget unless production moves out of state. That is something for which no evidence is provided. Nor is there any reason to suppose anyone associated with the industry relocated. They’re probably living where they lived and spending where they spent.

Now that aside, suggesting that a public health measure, for that is what the law is intended to do, encourages people to locate elsewhere strikes me as silly. The same could be said for child labor laws. Do you think they should get rid of those too?