[dudul]

"they could not hire enough Americans at a reasonable wage (obviously, the meaning of "reasonable" is hotly debated, but at the time, it meant slightly higher than minimum wage)"

So as long as you're trying to get more than minimum wage you are being unreasonable? Even though your skills are in high demand/short supply?

This is basically a way to say "You Americans who have valuable knowledge/skills, do you really think we're gonna let you take advantage of demand and supply to make more money out of them? F-you, we're gonna pass some laws to allow us to import people from 3rd world countries to replace you".

I'd like to see these companies' reactions if we did the same with imported goods and abolished all taxations for products manufactured outside of the country.

[cmdrfred]

They would love that. They don't care if it was 'made in America' they just want to sell it here.

[dudul]

I was talking about local companies...