Because it's not fair when companies can shop all around the world for the cheapest prices on necessities (e.g. labor), while the common US citizen cannot shop all around the world for the cheapest prices on necessities, such as food, housing, education and health care. In other words, the competition is between US employers and US labor, and the employers have an unfair advantage.

I tried the Silverlight beta on my 2.0 Ghz Core2Duo Macbook this morning. Quality was pretty bad, Activity Monitor showed it was streaming at something like 500 Kbits. My Netflix Roku box consistently streams at 'highest quality', which is about 2.2Mbits, and is generally quite acceptable on a 40" 1080P LCD. Both the Roku and my Mac are connected over 802.11g to a Linksys router on a 6Mbit ADSL. I'm quite happy with the Netflix Roku player, and though the selection isn't all the latest, I haven't run out of things that I enjoy. They have ALL of Red Dwarf, and all of Xena, Warrior Princess. When I want the newer stuff, I have Netflix send the DVD or BD. I'll be removing the Silverlight plugin, I'm no fan of MS.