[Lunatic Fringe]

I have the solution. For every job that is exported to another country, or for every job that is filled with an H1B applicant, the company should be required to pay a Foreign Worker Tax equivalent to the money "saved" by exporting the job.

[dfwgator]

Let's take software. A company technically purchases software from another company. They don't employ the workers that make the software, any more than a company that uses Windows employs Microsoft workers. So what is to stop a company from simply "purchasing" a custom software application from an Indian company? Isn't that in essence what they are already doing? My point is, companies can find easy workarounds for any legislation that gets thrown at them.

[Principled]

I have the solution. For every job that is exported to another country, or for every job that is filled with an H1B applicant, the company should be required to pay a Foreign Worker Tax equivalent to the money "saved" by exporting the job.

I understand your sentiment, but you can't be serious. Growing the fed gov't and giving it more power over business will just send business (and its capital) away faster.

We need to become more business friendly, not less.

We need more capital here, not less.