Tax Laws Discourage Telecommuting

It is interesting that tax laws in some states effectively double-tax telecommuters:

Under a longstanding New York tax rule, nonresidents who telecommute some or most of the time for their New York employers may be forced to pay New York taxes, not only on the income they earn when they work in New York, but also on the income they earn when they work at home, in a different state. Because telecommuters’ home states may also tax the income earned at home, these employees may be double taxed on that income. 

 This is an expecially bad practice considering that fuel conservation, emergency preparedness, and achieving work/life balance are all in the public interest.  In effect , NY is taxing conservation of fuel, disaster preparedness, and work/family life balance.  For some reason I am actually surprised by this.  I know I should never be surprised at the stupidity of politicians, but in this case I am.