I'm not opposed to a minimum salary, I'm just saying that it's pointless when the market-determined salary to convince the Xth person to work in America is high

I'm not opposed to a minimum salary, I'm just saying that it's pointless when the market-determined salary to convince the Xth person to work in America is higher than the minimum (where X is the number of people we want to work in America through the H1-B program). Raise it if you want, but given the salary-based H1-B allocation, the salary minimum is the same thing as the quota.