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Jeb Bush: U.S. economy needs immigrants because they’re ‘more fertile’
Washington Post ^ | June 14, 2013 | Aaron Blake

Posted on 06/14/2013 9:19:10 PM PDT by Windflier

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush (R) argued Wednesday that the United States should pass immigration reform because the U.S. economy needs the labor of young immigrants, and immigrants are “more fertile.”

“Immigrants create far more businesses than native-born Americans,” Bush said at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to the Majority conference. “Immigrants are more fertile, and they love families, and they have more intact families, and they bring a younger population. Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity.”

Bush said immigrants are an advantage that the United States has over China, Europe and Japan, which don’t have the same immigrant tradition and are struggling to find young laborers.

“If we don’t do it, we will be in decline, because the productivity of this country is dependent upon young people that are equipped to be able to work hard,” Bush said.

Bush, whose wife is a Mexican-born immigrant, has long been an advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 113th; aliens; amnesty; birthrate; bush; bush2016; bushamericanssuck; clueless; ethniccleansing; fertile; illegals; immigration; invasion; jebbush; mexico; nwo; rino; stayoutdabushes; stupidparty
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To: jmacusa
When everyone was saying George W. Bush was a dope they were talking about the wrong guy. This one is the Bush family idiot.

George W's views on the subject are identical to Jeb's. On immigration, it's hard to tell most of the GOP from Democrats these days.

So uneducated, illiterate , criminally prone moochers from Third World start more business than native-born Americans?

Political correctness never lets reality get in the way of a good lie. How many times have we heard that our bordertown barrios are just filled with "entrepreneurs" and "natural conservatives." It's kind of hard to be an entrepreneur or a conservative when he can't read or write, when you're either unemployed or working a minimum wage, no-skill job for life (while on the dole on account of 10 bastard progeny), or when you're running in a gang.

281 posted on 06/17/2013 8:42:00 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: Theodore R.

One family I wish was less “fertile.”


282 posted on 06/17/2013 9:51:38 AM PDT by OddLane
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To: OddLane

Establishment Republicans are BIG losers — NO MORE!


283 posted on 06/17/2013 11:25:55 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: ek_hornbeck

And if Mexicans are the salt of the earth, the happy children of los barrios’’, why the hell is Mexico such a freakin’ mess? We’re importing poverty. Honest to God, if the Good Lord decides it’s my time to go tonight, tomorrow, whenever, I’m ready Lord. The America I grew up in and loved has vanished. I’ve been a liberal Democrat, I’m currently a conservative Republican. Ain’t a dimes worth of difference between the two. There’s no one flying the freakin’ plane.


284 posted on 06/17/2013 12:06:32 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: jmacusa
And if Mexicans are the salt of the earth, the happy children of los barrios’’, why the hell is Mexico such a freakin’ mess?

I ask the same question to every pro-amnesty "conservative" who keeps assuring me that brining in more Mexicans will bring about some sort of cultural and political renaissance here. They've trashed their own country, now they're trashing and degrading US cities.

285 posted on 06/17/2013 12:45:50 PM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: doc1019

For many illegals, 7 crammed in a 3 bedroom house with water and electricity is a step up, and they’re willing to have 2 more kids. For Americans, relying on food stamps to supplement part time or irregular work, they aren’t willing to have more kids.

If more American men were employed, I suspect their girlfriends and wives would be more willing have another child.


286 posted on 06/17/2013 5:44:26 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Windflier

He cant help it because of all that northeast inbreeding you understand.


287 posted on 06/17/2013 8:56:22 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: servo1969

Lets not piss off the cayote please.


288 posted on 06/17/2013 8:58:05 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Windflier
Reagan was as fallible as any other human politician. I take the principle and facts approach because politicians should be seen as disposable, not held to a lofty “pedestals”, especially under the United States Constitution. Heck, even Washington had his fallible moments.

177% spending increase is dangerous no matter what administration signing the budget passed by Congress has next to them (R,D, or I).

289 posted on 06/18/2013 11:12:22 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: Windflier

WRONG,MR BUSH.THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REASONS WHY WE DON'T NEED THEM!


290 posted on 06/18/2013 12:50:34 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: Windflier

Dr. Jeb Mengela I presume. Jeb obviously wants to breed people and do some major social engineering. JEB BUSH IS A MAJOR JACKWAGON. Terri being killed was Jeb Mengela’s first project. GO AWAY, JEB BUSH.


291 posted on 06/18/2013 6:13:37 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Marco Rubio GET OUTTA TOWN. YOU ANTI-AMERICAN.)
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To: tbw2
Americans have fewer children than Mexican immigrants because the American's typical attitude is that they have to pay for and take responsibility for their own children. The attitude of the Mexican immigrants is "who cares if we can afford it or not, someone else (gringo) will pay for it."

There's also the fact that most Americans actually devote time and resources to raising, educating and disciplining their children, all alien concepts in the barrio.

292 posted on 06/19/2013 12:22:35 PM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: Windflier

http://info.tpj.org/Lobby_Watch/pdf/GeorgePBushContribs.pdf

The above lists the donors to George P. Bush; thus far there is no opponent in either party. This is for the March 4 Republican primary for TX land commissioner. Apparently George P. is living in Midland.


293 posted on 06/19/2013 1:12:24 PM PDT by Theodore R. ("Hey, the American people must all be crazy out there!")
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To: Windflier

Take away all the non self supporting social programs first and see if they still have all their kids here.

We pay them now to increase.

Stupid stupid stupid.


294 posted on 06/19/2013 1:15:17 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: A CA Guy
I haven't read the whole thread, but folks...haven't we known for a long, long time that "we"....Americans born and raised here...are not producing children...

among the elites I'll bet this is discussed a lot....they need large families with lots of kids so the endless materialism will not end...that there will always be buyers of cars and houses and refrigerators and they also need them to pay all the stinking taxes especially if we native born expect to collect on the Ponzi scheme known as SS...

295 posted on 06/19/2013 5:25:40 PM PDT by cherry
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To: A CA Guy
Take away all the non self supporting social programs first and see if they still have all their kids here.

Take all the gov't freebies away, and most of them would go straight home. It would be impossible for most of them to make it here without those taxpayer provided subsidies.

They've driven down labor costs to the point where hardly any Americans can even work in the building trades any longer. Unlike the illegals, we gringos aren't getting gov't handouts to make up the shortfall in what we take home.

Grrrrr......

296 posted on 06/19/2013 9:00:36 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Theodore R.

If the election for Texas Land Commissioner is next March, there’ll be some challengers by that time.

If not, I’ll run myself. Screw that dynasty crap.


297 posted on 06/19/2013 9:02:41 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

JEB! is an ass. Why do we waste our time with him?


298 posted on 06/19/2013 9:58:31 PM PDT by womanvet (This space for rent.)
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To: womanvet
JEB! is an ass. Why do we waste our time with him?

It's the GOP-e who's wasting our time with Jeb. Most voters on the right have absolutely no interest in the guy.

If the Bush clan had half a clue, they'd realize that the American right has had enough of them for at least a couple of generations.

299 posted on 06/19/2013 10:57:27 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

If so, then why is TX poised to launch the fourth generation of bushes in the March 4, 2014, Republican primary?


300 posted on 06/20/2013 4:29:49 AM PDT by Theodore R. ("Hey, the American people must all be crazy out there!")
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