On way the American government disincentivizes hiring Americans: If I hire a remote US employee, I have to pay payroll taxes, their healthcare, and may deal with multi-state nexus issues. If I hire a remote foreign employee, there are no employer side payroll or tax issues.
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That's true, but how would you achieve that? Historically the USA would try to influence policy in other countries via the IMF/World Bank but i think that's less of an option now. Local policy-wise, you could put a tariff on remote work. Is there any other way?
Lots of ways to do it. - charge payroll taxes on foreign employment - universal healthcare in the usa to make ourselves more competitive - pass a federal law on nexus and remote workers within the usa
