[thedufer]

I don't know what logic you're using, but it didn't come from my post. As I pointed out elsewhere, I didn't make any value judgments. I claimed, essentially, that someone taking a job hurts others who may have competed for that job. I did not claim that there's any need to protect them, with legislation or otherwise.

[davidw]

> someone taking a job

The problem is that you're thinking of "a job". The economy is composed of many, many jobs, and is fairly dynamic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy