It absolutely helps America, and the world. One only has to look at the history of manufacturing, labor unions, and misguided attempts to 'keep jobs on American

It absolutely helps America, and the world. One only has to look at the history of manufacturing, labor unions, and misguided attempts to 'keep jobs on American soil' to see why the wage fixation approach fails. What does work is defining the trend, then selling the knowledge while we work on the next big thing. That's been a money maker for America and has benefited the world too via secondary effects. If we get out-innovated, well, we deserve it, fair is fair. Ps upvoted you for a great response. I absolutely agree with you on the other points about threatening and harassment.