Quote Originally Posted by Pher
What laws? Examples please. I've worked in several other countries BESIDES the US and I have not run across anything of that nature... Please be very specific. What you're saying might sound good but back it up with some facts.
bankruptcy protection, copyrights/patents, Here is a link with a bunch of government laws regarding business (im sure u know them but you wanted facts)
i dont know what other countries offer

Once again, here is where you are wrong.
Legal Aliens (Non U.S. Citizens) are not here working out of their own pocket. Most of the time they work for somebody who pays their work visa (H1B, T1, etc.) and helps them find jobs.
Now, If I am paying this "foreigner" $50 per hour, the company who is paying his visa gets 20-75% of what he makes leaving $12.5-$40 per hour for the person actually working.
So tell me... all of those tax breaks that I assume you are talking about... does that really add up? Do you still think that their cost of living is lower?

However, if you are talking about foreigners outside of the country, if you read carefully, my example was not using someone outside the country.

99% of the time its not individuals who are contracting from outside of the US, its companies.
i guess i did not read carefully
but what i have realized is that i am actually talking more about offshore outsourcing rather than just plain old outsourcing