[icambron]

But note that what happened was that the whole team ended up being built in Columbia, so that didn't work out so well as an incentive. And generally protectionism is a great way to strangle your competitiveness and watch jobs leave. And that's just the practical side; my point was really against the "you should hire Americans instead of foreigners if you can" ethic that motivates laws like that in the first place. This sense of job entitlement we have is absurd.

[Torgo]

You're god damn right I feel entitled to my national government looking out for the interests of its current citizens over foreigners.