Some people consider that developers are sacrificial lambs to justify across-the-board free world trade in information technology which is to the huge advantage of the US. If the US ever did erect barriers against offshoring of development you could reasonably expect reciprocal barriers against (say) operating systems, office applications or chips. Before long there would be multiple competitors. I'm afraid that the plight of the US developer is as nothing against this, especially when there is no guild or bloc to lobby for its benefit. You only need to look at the farmers of Wisconsin who stay in business only because they successfully lobby government to erect barriers against more efficient producers abroad to see that development has wasted an opportunity. Such is life.