Comment Re:They took our jobs... (Score 3, Informative) 131
This is pure protectionism, effectively there are people elsewhere who will do the work cheaper of better. The way to compete against this is to lower your overheads rather than trying to get the government to be your friend.
The American VFX artists are getting the government involved because the foreign VFX artists are being subsidized by their governments up to 60%. RTFA