[thackney]

And I agree H1-B need to be reduced. It did start under Clinton (not intending subject change or blame, just time line) which was a short term expansion.

http://www.h1visajobs.com/news_reading_room/news/18Oct_lleras.htm

Representative Thomas Tancredo's newest bill, H.R. 2688, introduced on July 9, 2003, seeks to eliminate the H1B program.

http://www.usvisa.com/immigration_updates.htm

According to this article, H1-B visa are down.

http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2003/0,4814,78095,00.html

And for more info:

http://www.h1b.info/

Sorry to those who see this as twisting the threads topic, but the author did that with the article in the first place.

[dirtboy]

Thanks for the links. The point I am trying to make is illustrated by that list - where has Bush expressed support for curtailing or ending the H1-B program? Or fighting illegal immigration, which also lowers salaries and takes away jobs from Americans and legal immigrants? Or where has he discussed efforts to curtail outsourcing? I haven't seen it, if Bush has said anything about these subjects, someone please post it and I will stand corrected.

But in absense of such statements, it is simply asinine for Bush to imply that we just need more training for workers affected by changes in technology - when there is a far broader economic change going on here, and all the training in the world ain't gonna help these folks, let alone trainin for tech jobs that are going away as we speak.