H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms
What&#x27;s the argument against using an auction for H1-B visas rather than a lottery? That&#x27;d maximize the tax collected from their salaries and ensure the salaries are on par with the going rate for said workers. Arguably it&#x27;s in the interests of everyone besides companies trying to get cheaper labor via H1-B visas.<p>The only counterpoint I&#x27;ve ever heard is &quot;<i>It&#x27;s not fair for company XYZ in low cost of living Podunk, USA because we can&#x27;t compete at those high salaries against banks &#x2F; SV &#x2F; expensive cities</i>&quot;. So what? I doubt they can compete against the ability of TCS or Infosys to game the system and get the lions share of the visas either.