H1B visa is for cheap labour, not for the talent. When ever any one said any ting against H1B then millions of Indian H1B aspirants will mob against through the internet. Right now every student in India want to come and work in US and settle down here. This is going to be another invasion plan. If you say any thing against it the minority/racism card will be taken out. Many are really afraid after seeing strange Indian names.

Don't complain, the total number of H1-B visas is just 65000 for 2009, instead keep the competitiveness high!

I am on a L1 visa, I have a PhD, I earn $115K/yr and I'm applying for a green card. My company has just opened a new business in NJ and has decided not to apply for any work visas in the US because we think we can find enopugh local talent and it is too expensive (higher salaries, cost of relocation). I recgonise that there is probably abuse of the system by some companies but to say that work visas should be banned is nuts and will only make America less competitive not more. The real problem lies in the drop in population growth, the cost of higher education in the US and the resultant shortage of science graduates from US schools. India and China will over take the US in 15 years not because of low labor costs but because they produce more graduates and because the US becomes more isolationist.

Wake up America!

There are "always" two things: A producer and a consumer. And the good news is BOTH of them want to make/save $$$

Just give a thought who is what in America? or America is both producer and consumer…???

Well in any of the cases; and also to grow the business; more H1B visas make sense; since producers would be able to produce more and more, as local people are just 13% of population who can contribute in production!

Now lets consider the case of Consumers; ofcourse since there would be more production and more competition the costs of the goods sold will come down; and that will help consumers.

Now there is a tiny obfuscation; reflected in some of the listings above: locals are losing jobs against immigrants. Well there is just one liner for this:
"Survival of the fittest"
The great thought given by Charles Darvin and on which we have been believing for years and years and years.

Tomorrow's America should be more and more prosper; disciplines and remain superpower. And for that we need "talent". Doesn't matter from where the talent comes from but all we need are great ideas; which can only come from talent.

…and believe it or not; just because of these great ideas we have been superpower for ages.

Any thoughts?

American workers have to stop begging for handouts and learn to adjust their skills to meet the job market. There is no reason why corporations should feel obligated to hire American citizens just because a company is located in America. Capitalism works best when labor costs are kept down. If tech companies do not want to hire Americans, then Americans can get jobs in other fields.

No job industry needs protection. There should never be any job security. Corporations should keep costs low so their stock and profits can soar. If the American worker gets left out, it is their won fault. No company can keep affording to pay Americans top wage with top benefits and expect to be competitive on the global scale.

There is no reason why a family of four needs more than $75,000 a year in order to survive. If you need more than this, your family is greedy, wasteful, and lazy. Larger families survived with less in the past. Americans have to stop paying $100,000 or more for college, stop getting $350,000 or more hosues, stop getting $40,000 or more vehicles, and stop wasting money on clothes and entertainment. Americans have to learn how to work for less money and learn how to budget better.

Unemployment rates are soaring (those that report). I'm a technology worker and those jobs are being outsourced and it's horrible. America is being taken without a single shot, by all the corporate greed! There is talent in America, the CEO's and corporate greedy administrators don't want to pay for the talent. If our economy would "deflate" sure I'd work for less, but I have to make a wage to pay for what these greedy oil tycoons want for me to drive a car to my job.

There is so much corruption and white collar crime! Not to mention GAP now using children in foreign sweat shops. They say "retrain", bull crap — our student loan debt to the gov't is soaring! Besides I love my occupation and I'm tired of losing jobs to foreign labor exploits.

Companies today are making it a common business practice to layoff constantly and outsource jobs we as americans are perfectly qualified to do

This is a thought experiment with economics. This is an example of what I was talking about earlier and what’s happening in the economy today. We need to get back to the basics and stand up for what is right. Our prosperity in America today depends on getting this right. I need to post it on as many blogs on the internet as possible so that all Americans understand the implications of government intervention in the economy. Here’s the explanation:

Also, keep in mind, that the supply costs include the following: materials, labor, manufacturing processes, etc
BTW for this example, lower supply costs may be anything (not just labor costs) like a reduction in taxes for one seller but not another.

There have always been problems with the free markets when it is influenced by government subsidies to corporations. To explain simply what’s going on, consider this thought experiment:

There are two sellers, #1 & #2, and many buyers in the same market. The two sellers would like to buy their supply to make their product at a low price. The supply includes all inputs to make the product such as materials, labor, manufacturing processes, etc. Ultimately, these two sellers would like to sell their products at a high price and make a profit. Well one day, seller #1 decided that they would like to make more profit but they can’t figure out how to take more market share from seller #2 to increase profits. During a meeting with management, seller #1 decides to lobby the government for a reduction in labor costs to help them be more competitive against seller #2 because their labor rate is too high. The government agrees with seller #1 and decides to increase guest worker programs that essential reduce labor costs. Like magic, the labor rates fall as predicted because of the increase labor supply, and this makes seller #1 happy. Seller #1 can now buy their supply at a lower cost. This in turn, allows their profits to increase because they are still selling high. If seller #2 doesn’t take advantage the resulting new labor rates, then their profit will be lower because they are still buying the supply at a higher price than seller #1. Therefore, seller #2 will see a decrease in profits. If seller #2 continues to be unprofitable, then they will go out of business after some period of time. However, seller #2 wants to stay in business, so they take advantage of the lower labor rates as well. So who wins and who loses? Since the labor rate obviously goes down, then the workers for seller #1 and #2 will take a financial loss.

That’s what happens when the government intervenes. The government basically allowed the sellers to profit at the expense of someone else-the workers. This may not be the intention, but it is certainly the result. Now, let’s consider what happens without government intervention:
There are two sellers, #1 & #2, and many buyers in the same market. The two sellers would like to buy their supply to make their product at a low price. The supply includes all inputs to make the product such as materials, labor, manufacturing processes, etc. Ultimately, these two sellers would like to sell their products at a high price and make a profit. Well one day, seller #1 decided that they would like to make more profit but they can’t figure out how to take more market share from seller #2 to increase profits. During a meeting with management, seller #1 decides to lobby the government for more guest worker programs to help them be more competitive against seller #2 because their labor rate is too high. The government disagrees with seller #1 and decides to not to increase quota on the guest worker programs. Seller #1 is not happy and goes back to management with a different strategy. This time seller #1 decides to improve their manufacturing process to be more efficient and increase productivity. Seller #1 can now buy their supply at a lower cost because they were innovative. In turn, this allows their profits to increase because they are still able to sell high or even slightly lower than before they were innovative. If seller #2 doesn’t become more innovative, then his profits will be lower because he is still buying the supply at a higher price than seller #1. Therefore, seller #2 will see a decrease in profits. If seller #2 continues to be unprofitable, then they will go out of business after some period of time. Well seller #2 wants to stay in business, so they become more innovative. So who wins and who loses? Everyone wins because these two sellers are doing more with less. The results are lower supply costs and increased profits that benefit their shareholders and workers. Moreover, the buyers of their products benefit because the price of their products will ultimately decrease with increased competition.

We’re essentially making a choice between capitalism and socialism today in America. Should the government make rules that benefit one at the expense of another which is common practice in a socialist economy? Now let’s assume that the government agrees with corporations and grants them this subsidy that essentially lowers the living standard of workers and reduces innovation. How long do you think that there will be political stability in America with this kind of policy? America was founding on rebelling against tyranny such as socialism and our freedom is secure because we have fought for it. It is time to rebel again. Have the politicians not learned anything from history or the countries that have socialist economies? We need to get the word out about socialism and the dangers that threaten the American way of life.

A lot of companies are actually laying off American workers and hiring H1B visas at a much lower salary and working them longer hours.

I've heard countless times about the single "developer" or "tech" job opening, and getting hundreds of applications from qualified Americans.