[waterstraat]

Then there's too many H1-B visas.. But I don't know if eliminating them is the answer.. The nature of data makes it transferrable. Therefore, even if the visas were eliminated.. the work could simply be farmed out to Indian firms.

End the H1-B visas , now.

The work would not be "farmed out" if the republicans adopted their old ways:

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, ADOPTED AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., JUNE 9, 1892 We reaffirm the American doctrine of protection. We maintain that the prosperous condition of our country is largely due to the wise revenue legislation of the Republican Congress. We believe that all articles which cannot be produced in the United States, except for luxuries, should be admitted free of duty, and that upon all imports coming into the United States coming into competition with the products of American labor there should be levied duties equal to the difference between wages abroad and at home.

[Poohbah]

Actually, if you ended H-1B visas, the coding jobs would simply leave America altogether. What do you do then?

Forbid visitors from bringing ZIP disks and CD-ROMs?

Cut all connections to routers and hosts outside the boundaries of the United States?