This is pretty brilliant and states should probably do more things like it: https://amp.cnn.com/money/2018/05/31/pf/jobs/vermont-pay-remote-workers/index.html …
I mean rather than spending $N billion dollars on Amazon speculatively isn't it *stupid profitable* to get engineers at $10k apiece?
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Replying to @patio11
Very interesting idea, but seems like there are a number of gotchas: limited to ~25 people per year, Vermont is one of the highest income tax states in the nation, you have to live in Vermont :), $5k is for qualified expenses and not straight up cash, etc.
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Agree on all the points, but there’s ~certainly a better way to run this program.
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