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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I never could get a handle on the concept of “cleaning up.”
Ohno! NOT like the boys! We are BETTER than the boys because we get to actually occupy the Throne, rather than hang around and over it. She needs to know the difference EARLY! LOL!
Trust me, Cyber...you don’t really WANT a “handle” on “cleaning up.” It would cause you great mental anguish! (Not to mention physical discomfort.)
There is less mess with toilet-training a girl.
The messy part arises when it is time to sink-train them.
Do tell!
I just learned that the actor who played Barty Crouch in The Goblet of Fire passed away today. Dang.
I just saw that on Elen’s Facebook feed. Also Russell Johnson from “Gilligan’s Island.”
AhMAN????
That stinks. I need a drink.
He was 89.
It still stinks. I’m not that far away from “that” number and I can’t imagine my life ending because I reached a NUMBER! I have things to DO!
That's why I moved my decimal point.
Just don't move it in the wrong direction!
Do I have a decimal point????
I don't know about decimal points, but the problem with being 34 is that it gets harder each year...
There’s a decimal point between the ones place and the tenths place.
Mr. Johnson, I think, died from kidney failure, not precisely from Eightynininess.
My 34 is harder to reach every year, but only because it’s behind me. Still, I can be 34 as long as I need to be...
*sheesh*
If that’s such a nebulous situation, I AIN’T gonna DIE!!
Wait-a-minute!
All those monthly "visitations" you had, and you didn't save one "period"?
*kof-kof*
Those ended artificially in 1983 so I was CHEATED!!!!!
I can be 34 as long as my Baby Sister is 29...
If for some reason she suddenly develops a truthful streak, it will be discovered that I will have aged DECADES almost... overnight.
Wonder if I will feel different should that happen... ;-)
Now that I have coughed my way through two pairs of slacks and numerous pairs of undies, I think it’s time I grabbed my pseudo-quasi-ersatz Vick’s Vapo-Rub, a bag of Ri-COOOOL-la drops, and an Alka-fizzie and called it a night.
I may or may not feel better in 12 hours, but it’s for sure I’ll feel “different.”
Tomorrow is the day I see the doc about my transfusion, and possible second go-around, and as soon as I am done, I will report back. For what it’s worth...
Later, Dudes and Dudettes!
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