[Non-Sequitur]

Imagine, for a moment, that you were interested in adding high-paying American jobs rather than in destroying them.

Your scenario makes no sense whatsoever. Why would any company want to add high-paying jobs of any kind here if they can get the work done by low-paid people overseas? Cut taxes, cut regulations, cut what you want. All that would be is additonal profits on top of the cheaper foreign labor.

[The Electrician]

No, you have posted a non-sequitur. There's plenty of evidence that outsourcing to lower-wage regions does not always reap the claimed benefit of higher profits - in fact, there are plenty of stories of companies that have outsourced only to find out that the result is lower quality, loss of control, less ability to respond quickly to the changing demands of the marketplace, and consequently lower profits. My suggestions, if followed, would reduce the differential in cost of doing business between the US and offshore, which would magnify the importance of factors such as the ones that I mention here. And, that would lead to less offshoring and greater US job retention and creation.

[lepton]

Why would any company want to add high-paying jobs of any kind here if they can get the work done by low-paid people overseas?

Relative value of work, and costs associated with the work being done.