[A. Pole]

The Indian IT industry has been lobbying hard to freeze H-1B visa limits at current levels. However, these efforts which had the support of some US corporations to retain H-1B visa limits have failed.

Just so you know.

[Paul Ross]

This is good news. The Congress-critters, realizing that anything else would have been horrendously negative news in their districts. They will probably now try and lay low when the H-1B whores (oops) I meant lobbyists come with their campaign fund stashes. They will always say they kept it at 65,000 when it could have easily been zeroed out under the financial circumstances the country faces.

[old-ager]

Good news. I can hear the spoiled young upper-caste Hindus hissing at me now ...

[Jerr]

65,000 still sounds like it is more than what is truly needed to meet our shortage of workers trained in the latest technology!!!!!!

The problem is fast change of technology and everybody has to be on the bleeding edge. What about training our own workers through on-the-job and community colleges. You won't know the new technology unless someone teaches you or allows you the opportunity to learn.

But so much for the short-sighted CEOs and upper management squeezing their pennies while burning their dollars. Just so that they meet their objectives; don't worry about what is best for the company overall --- maybe the best thing for the company is a new CEO who will act like a leader and actively manage the business. Oh, well, too much dreaming!!!

If we trained our own citizens and hired those that are trained rather than importing the lastest Indian special, maybe our industries would actually expand and grow from innovation. Long-term cost savings without any reinvestment in the company only produces a commodity product and in that case, unless you are the lowest price producer of an adequate product you will consistently be undercut. So much for cost savings!

Wonder why we have such a stagnant economy when it is suppose to be growing?????