[semimojo]

The problem isn't the Indians or even DHS. The problem is the management of US companies who fraudulently boost current profits by gutting core competencies.

Don’t stop there. Management is just responding to the imperative to be cost-efficient or go out of business.

Ultimately, consumers, at least in the US, reward low prices and generally refuse to pay a premium for domestic goods.

It feels good to blame the foreigners or the corrupt politicians or the greedy businessmen. It doesn’t feel as good to blame the person in the mirror.

I realize many here probably are willing to pay more, but that doesn’t change the fact that we aren’t dealing with corruption or greed so much as good old economic self interest.

[pierrem15]

You're right in a way: the problem is that from an economic perspective, the person who is the first or few to "buy American" puts themselves at a competitive disadvantage, unless the government steps in by restricting imports and immigration.

According to the law, the Federal government is supposed to act against unfair foreign competition and restrict immigration. In fact, of course, it does nothing because of its own political interests in satisfying the donor class and the Dem party (which has merged significantly over the past 10 years with big business).

So the proximate problem is the lawlessness of the Federal government.

[grey_whiskers]

You’re so full of crap it staggers the human mind.
Nobody asked for cheap crap from China. It was forced on them.
Nobody asked for H1-B programmers, either. It was a creation of GE, Jack “Neutron” Welch, and McKinsey, over 25 years ago.