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...
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- 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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Afternoon! We had water over the roads yesterday afternoon, but I think the rain stopped over night, so it should be down now. Ice would be bad!
Good Morning everyone!
How are you today?
How are you and yours? My apology for returning a question with a question and we are all fine here. Prayers said that you and yours are doing fine also.
We are all fine too, aside from runny noses. At least, I assume Bill is fine - he went out last night and isn’t expected back until after work tonight. Someone would have called us if he’s not okay, I suppose.
And now, I’m going to ruin their day by making them all get up.
Runny noses are no fun ... Making the crowd get up? You are brave!
Goodmorning NTI,
Good to see you, trust all okay at your locaton. :)
We're okay ... Prayers that all is well for you and yours on the east side of the Atlantic pond.
Shucks, I must make like a banana and split. Too bad there is no ice cream, nuts and cherries.
Things are okay, thanks NTI.
Must do likewise , Alaska time. ( Cue the MC Hammer music..)
Good morning. I slept well last night, but kept waking up with a sore throat. Ungh. I wonder if that will affect my test tomorrow?
I’m not a happy camper this morning. I just want to stay home and be a slug. But I’m going to try and brave it through the day.
Cool & clear here in N Fl an I’m hoofing it downtown once again...see what looks good for dinner :)
I won’t be going outside for about five more hours, but it’s going to be a long day.
I will be wishing I were back in my own bed about two hours into the procedure...
Good morning!
I’m going to go take a shower and see if I feel better. If this transfusion wasn’t absolutely necessary, I would cancel today for lack of interest.
Oh, no. We're perfectly safe. We've stitched together a very secure facility based on our own "basketwork" encapsulation of an old meteor crater, covered over by a latticework of hand-forged aluminum oxynitride transparent hull panels, ringed by a Norwegian off-shore platform manufacture of a Thrust Ring, balanced by two Asian ship-builder's Habitat constructions, and powered by about six hundred gas-cooled nuclear reactor/rocket engines.
It's been a walk in the park, so far. Skirting the moon once or twice, dropping off a tour group on planet Mars, and then cruising out to a nice, open-plan neighborhood in the Asteroid Belt.
No need to be concerned at all.
Cancel the rest of the day after you have the transfusion!
What cancel? She's going dancing.
It will be bedtime by the time the transfusing in over with! For three units, it will take about six hours, and they probably won’t get started until around 3:00.
So I will be there LATE! I hope the batteries will in the Nook and Kindle will last that long...
You are such a dreamer, Bob! Even if I could find a willing partner, I’m afraid my dancing feet are so out of practice that they will trip me up.
I don’t think I’ve danced in 20 years. What a shame. I used to love dancing!
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