Reminds me of my sentencing to live in Ohio many years ago (grad school).
The libs were doing their normal job of destroying business, and when they found that sane businessmen were telling the dim-bulb-crats where they could shove their unions and taxes, the enlightened leadership decided to levy a heavy tax on any company that wanted to leave the state.
Yup, that worked well.
Rust belt indeed.
When I moved out of Ohio they had found a very clever way to double-tax me on about $8000 in income I had actually earned in Pennsylvania.
So yes, they do lie awake at night thinking up this stuff.