The idiot part is this:
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the measure is expected to raise $398 million over 10 years
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That is roughly $40 million per year. For all of the people it will affect you save .000001 percent of the money for the entire budget.
While doing so you spend an additional $10 million policing the new policy. You spend another $5 on litigation with people who unjustly got swept into the mess.
Also in addition you end up not getting the money you would have received had all of those foreign workers who are behind in payments been allowed to work within the law. Now they are going to go completely off of the grid. And you will spend $10 million policing that.
It reminds me of drug testing welfare recipients. You end up losing money on that too.
If they really gave two shits about anything it would be figuring out how to get back the BILLIONS tech companies have stored in foreign accounts. THAT would be the same cost to police, but a 1000 times yield on money actually received.