Your example is not a good one as you are using extremes of local vs next town.
You proposal a complex system, but use simple examples. Assuming you have equally qualified candidates, which you don’t because you can’t afford to wait, how large of an incentive and in what industries? How do you address the “other side of the track” situation? This quickly has all the markings of discrimination.
You disagree that the only considerations for a position should be the ability to do the job? Incentives is the flip side of discrimination.
The poor is just one impacted protected class by your proposal. Working elders also make different choices in living arrangements including location.
You seem the kind of person who would say hiring a white male actor to play Abraham Lincon is discrimination because black actors should have the same chance of getting the role. No point on further discussion here.
You proposal a complex system, but use simple examples. Assuming you have equally qualified candidates, which you don’t because you can’t afford to wait, how large of an incentive and in what industries? How do you address the “other side of the track” situation? This quickly has all the markings of discrimination.
You disagree that the only considerations for a position should be the ability to do the job? Incentives is the flip side of discrimination.
The poor is just one impacted protected class by your proposal. Working elders also make different choices in living arrangements including location.
You also assume business mobility.
What regions have this utopia?