And companies that engage in this form of tracking deserve to lose revenue.

Mod parent up! Operating systems do this thing where they let you run multiple processes. On one machine. With virtual memory.

So SpaceX paid more?

If there's a problem with a walled garden, blame the gardener. Otherwise, don't put a wall up in the first place.

You could call it Iridium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_satellite_constellation http://iridium.com/

It's all about spin. "I sentence you to 30 days of reeducation." How does that sound?

But there isn't a public benefit to the patent system.

Why shouldn't a more-qualified foreigner be hired for a job? The company is willing to pay H1B fees in addition to salary that they would presumably also offer to a domestic worker. This may not help Joe American, but it does help Prasad Indian. Does Joe deserve the job more than Prasad simply because Joe was born in the US?

Now, I realize it is the US government's job to look after the interests of US citizens. But why should an individual or company favor US citizens?

From the worker's perspective, the argument goes that restrictions, even arbitrary ones, increase scarcity and therefore their value to employers. Those restrictions must feel great when you happen to fall on the employable side of the dividing line. That doesn't make them right.

How is this practical? There is more than 5% negotiating range in salary, so there isn't a real way to test or enforce this. Also, consider a job with two openings filled by one local and one foreigner. Wouldn't the local complain that the foreigner is getting paid more?

How about paying off the national debt?