[xienze]

> If a company feels that they can get equal talent to mine in another country for cheaper costs then so be it; I didn't do a good enough job selling my talent or showing why Im worth my rate. Its also the company's loss if they chose to lay me off; I know what Im worth and Ill go find what Im worth.

This is a very common line of thinking among the younger crowd. And especially in IT, since we all think we're brilliant ("I work at Google, I'm a pretty big deal"). The thing is though, one day in your 50s you ARE going to get replaced and it probably won't be because you suck, just that you're too expensive to keep around. And you may never get hired again. It DOES happen, and while a protectionism policy seems, like, totally unfair to everyone else, at the end of the day you have to look out for yourself.