Heck, many STATE workers already live in PA (since Trenton is on the border, and a dangerous dump).
This scheme only works as long as a growing population of suckers comes in at the bottom of the pyramid and pays into it; the brain drain in NJ is happening because that process isn’t occurring. Importing marginal Third Worlders isn’t a solution, but worsening the problem; the government workers use them as justification for their jobs but their costs are spread the remaining “makers”...
People are escaping from NY in droves as well.