I wish I believed in my heart that he believed in supply and demand. Secondly. one of the purposes of the bill is to add teeth to the provision about hiring Americans first. This is done by imposing a $25.000 fine on people who displace American workers in order to hire H1B workers. or people who violate the law that prohibits hiring these workers at less than the current wage rate. Obviously. we are talking about very talented people when we are talking about people coming in for salary of $75.000. I have to admit that I am somewhat struck by the paradox.