Dang! we do have a lot in common, besides both being guitar-playing Texan construction workers. I have got to tell you about Panamanian construction. I've got the time sheets that prove that it costs the same per square foot to pay an American $25/hr as to have the work done by a Panamanian for $1/hr.
You are spot on by saying it's the government, not the foreign worker that we're fighting.