[seatrout]

According to Shlafly, there really isn't that much of a "dearth", but the smart Americans cost more to hire than Pujabis and Bengalis.

[ClearCase_guy]

The age discrimination issue needs to be emphasized as well. 22-year-old engineers are relatively cheap. 50-year-old engineers are relatively expensive. Any American who goes into engineering ought to know that they will be competing against H1B’s and that after working for a few decades, they will suddenly become much less attractive as employees. In a downturn like this, to be laid off at 50 is a very, very bad thing for an engineer.

[Gondring]

Yes...Americans aren’t willing to accept market wages, and then complain when they can’t find jobs.