Oh I agree. It is just irritating to see all the myths about a very insignificant program it the context of immigration/world economics. Some folks that are laid-off refuse to look in the mirror and ask themselves if they may be the reason they got on the list.
Perhaps we can look at the H1-B issue from the hypothetical of a guy who bought a toney ridiculously expensive Silicon Valley lakeside house, and bragged on FR about owning a classic Corvette and racing a 28 foot cigarette boat. Perhaps it was a guy who earned and enjoyed a seven figure net worth of dotcom wealth (bragged about on FR), retired before the age of 50 (bragged about on FR) to be a bon vivant millionaire, race cigarette speedboats and scoot around in Vettes ... OOOPS ... KERPLUNK! The SV bubble burst, the seven figures disintegrated, now he needs to unretire and nobody seems to be hiring his overpaid, bad attitude ass .... and it's those damn H1B Indian programmers, and George W. Bush, that are his large problem.
Nobody I know, this is a hypothetical. If I did know someone like this, I wouldn't have much sympathy for him. A guy with that skillset who can amass that level of success before 50 can do it after 50, if his attitude and humility are in check. Wouldn't ya think?