>Because they're not equally important. Most engineers don't add billions of dollars of value. Let the market decide that. >The company made billions in profi

>Because they're not equally important. Most engineers don't add billions of dollars of value. Let the market decide that. >The company made billions in profits. That could be due to a number of reasons. IP, relationships, network effects, etc. That's not the point. The point is they're using the government to make it harder for their engineers to find other work, rather than just pay them higher wages so they'll stay on their own accord.