ending remote work on a national level would probably help the economies of the individual states a lot.  right now, a business in the middle of west virginia (beautiful state, but generally poor and consequently pretty cheap to live in) has to compete with ny and california on wages too. there's some benefit to the states for remote work, too, obviously, but it's basically reverse trickle down (attract remote workers who pay taxes to other states but spend money locally). requiring office time would probably revitalize coffee shops and shit too.  the whole thing is fucked and strange and even if it sucks for workers there are weird economic impacts to remote work that i don't think the world was really ready for
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