Posted on 12/27/2013 11:24:17 AM PST by honestabe010
In his press conference on December 20th, President Obama urged the House of Representatives to support the Senate’s immigration bill, which passed 68-32 in late June. Among the concerns cited by Americans who oppose reform are that immigrants will take their jobs, drive down wages, increase criminal activity, burden the welfare system, and reshape the cultural dynamic of the country. These concerns are mostly ill-founded. The legitimate concerns have real solutions, and a more open immigration policy will be a net benefit for all Americans...
Highlights from Article:
- A 2013 study by the American Action Forum states that "immigration reform can raise population growth, labor force growth, and thus growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).”
- In 2013 the Bipartisan Policy Center came to similar conclusions. It makes the prediction that current provisions, as included in the Senate Bill, would raise GDP 4.8 percent over twenty years.
- According to the Immigration Policy Center, immigrant males between the ages of 18 and 39 (which constitute the greatest portion of the prison population) are five times less likely to be incarcerated than are natives.
- A 2011 survey by the Pew Research Center revealed that 92 percent of second generation and 96 percent of third generation Hispanics speak English proficiently.
- A 2010 Gallup poll revealed that Hispanics attend church services more often than non-Hispanic whites.
- Since an influx of immigrants means an expansion of the labor supply, many assert that the result will be less jobs and lower wages. However, as asserted by Jason Riley, a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board, “The number of jobs in the United States is not static. It’s fluid, which is how we want it to be.”
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Come, join our conversation and enjoy some coffee (Darksheare makes a good brew, or so I’ve been told. Unfortunately, there are no living subjects, but there was this one guy who shaked and shivered and quivered a lot).
If Bill and Tom come back for any length of time, I will be Very Unhappy!
FReepers check in, but they can never leave
Have some wine!
It’s old but it’s GOOD! Some of the best FReepers frequent this place! Care to join us???
Ping away!
Is it wise to offer an introductory Coffee?
Couldn’t Fledermaus just walk down the stairs?
:)
As would I!
If Bill and Tom want to come back, just charge them what the going price is for room and board. Then boost it for laundry and kitchen privileges. Simple!
And if they expect “fluff and fold” services, they need to pay for it!
I have the second box almost filled, and I think that will do it. I just have a little more sorting to do and can plan on sending them as soon as the funds are in the stamps.com account.
Now that I have seen what was hidden for quite some time, I realize I must have put $600+ into the stuff. I doubt they are worth that as donations or as resale, but dang....
I know how you feel, when I think of what we’ve spent on DVDs, computer games, and all that. Unnngh.
I’ll pay in installments!
The byos are excited about the dusting of snow. I need to bolt the front door. I think Bill is out for the night.
Fledermaus, you have been added to my ping list, and I have alerted others to the fact!
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Kathleen is walking around in Tom’s Assassin’s Creed jacket. She looks like a tiny Voldemort, mumbling, “Jacket? Pom? Jacket!
Perhaps you should talk to Asuncion (?) before you commit to “installments.” I mean In today’s dollars, it’s probably only about $300, but if I had to buy it all today, including storage, it would probably be double what I paid to begin with.
Which is why I’m having such a hard time figuring out what to charge for the stuff.
:o[
Kathleen would make a wonderful Tiny Voldemort, especially where Her Boys are concerned! LOL! (The mental images are ... disturbing...)
It’s up to you, ultimately. On the one hand, it has a cost basis. On the other hand, its value taking up space in your apartment ...
She doesn’t want to take the jacket off, but she’s upset that she can’t use her hands.
LOL!
Just like a woman...Kathleen is never satisfied!
In other news, one of the more eligible neighbors has taken an interest in me. Or perhaps he is just finally getting up the courage to voice it.
The fact that I’m even telling about it tells me important things about myself... Not sure what they are, though. A lunch or a movie is in the near future for us...
You deserve a lunch AND a movie! Is “The Desolation of Smaug” at the dollar theater?
I’m ok with that...
Time, then, to begin honing the eldritch powers of her clan.
"Hands? Where we're going, we don't need hands! Bwa-ha-ha!"
Okay, the evil laugh, coming from a toddler, will require some practice.
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