So it’s okay to fire an American worker and replace him with a cheap import?
I’m stating the current dynamics.
As to whether it is morally okay or not? Well, I don’t think I’d want to limit the right of a business owner to set up an operation overseas or to hire overseas-based contractors.
Once that’s established, I think it’s kind of difficult to keep some business owners from wanting to move aspects of their operations to where it’s more cost effective.
Likewise, if I were an employer with a high-cost employee, but I realized I could hire someone to do the work for significantly less than that employee would accept, I wouldn’t want to be forced to keep the higher-cost employee.
The trouble with most job protectionism is that it can only be done at the violation of rights of others. And, those others tend to be employers, who are pretty useful when it comes to sustaining jobs.
NY, IL or CA can enforce ever greater costs and constraints on their employers—but they can’t stop them from up and moving to TX or FL, where the costs and regulations are lower.