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Whether a shareholder will get any returns in Living Social is not what I'm talking about. As a company, their job is to do whatever they legally can to protect (and grow) a shareholder's investment. If hiring Americans goes against that, then they should not hire Americans.

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I was just responding to the first part of your post, specifically around a shareholder had their savings invested in the company. Management has a legal responsibility to do what's best for the company, yes, but that often is at odds with an investor who got in before the company turned sour.

If hiring Americans goes against that, maybe they shouldn't be in business.

Thus causing even fewer Americans to have jobs. Perfect demonstration of why protectionism is such a terrible idea.

Or, allowing someone who is better at it to take their place, giving more Americans jobs.

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