[vbmoneyspender]

And how does your argument apply to India? In any event, I thought the argument that people make in favor of tariffs is that they protect industries (and therefor the jobs that are associated with those industries) from the unfair competition that results from people who hire lower-wage workers. Based on that argument (which is the argument that is always applied to India) people who earn higher wages in the north should be able to turn their respective states into Shangri-La's by enforcing tariffs against goods produced by lower wages workers in the South, particularly against goods produced in right-to-work states that are concentrated in the South? Or am I missing something.

[BiffWondercat]

The Caste system for starters...

[Cicero]

Well, yes, I'd have to make a more elaborate argument. If India were part of the US, for example, they would be subject to minimum wage laws and unionization laws. Sure, you could go to India and apply for a tech job, but in the first place you'd have to accept their wage rates, and in the second place they probably wouldn't hire you if they could hire one of their cousins instead.

Although our states differ widely on their approaches business and taxation, there is still a roughly level playing field, and if necessary new laws can be passed to keep it that way.