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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Going out to “play” in the snow. At the bottom of this pile, there’s got to be some coffee.
You have my sympathy. We just have cold.
I don’t care for cold coffee.
Ungh...
I thought yesterday was bad...today is going to be miserable for sure. I think I have an abscessed tooth...the left side of my face is puffy and has a reddish streak...painful, to say the least.
*sigh*
I liked iced coffee much better than iced tea! It’s like ice cream: I can consume it all year long.
OH, no! My father just went through that.
My reward for clearing the driveway is ...
... now I get to go to work.
*applause*
I don’t have the resources to take care of it, and am almost out of Ibuprofin, so I will be a not-so-nice person by the end of the day.
I need an antibiotic, but will have to double up on the olive leaf extract. Hopefully, the colloidial silver will be here today so I can use that, as well. *sigh*
The pain is not fun...
I. Uh. Um...
Maybe you'd like to rephrase that?
Waking up scares me.
That's when the nightmares start all over again.
Howdy! Had a encounter with the flying squirrel last night. At about 10pm Fredd had to go out, I checked the feeder, both the squirrels were in there eating. I made some noise so they would leave. I went out with Fredd.
I carry a hand held spotlight and was shinning it down the road and Fredd was right next to me on my left. Then out of the dark sky..........ZOOM! One of them ‘flew’ right over us I could see it in the beam of the light!!!!
I put out more peanut butter and sunflower seeds for them. I see they ate them all up. They were back in the feeder by 11pm.
A flying squirrel curfew—they will be safe with you although you are a tough taskmaster/mistress!
lol
Somebodies watching me....
Pretty much all the time. Catz and stuff.
And I have two beady little black eyes watching me...all the time....
I’m still waiting for the inspection, and I wish it was a done deal. I really want to lie down.
My hemoglobin has come up two points, but I don’t think the doc will order another transfusion unless the ulcer acts up again. Everything else is good.
Now I just have to reschedule the test at nuclear medicine...
Yes!!
Thanks ;-)
On the subject of the dissemination of solidified glow bull warmthing, we only got 2", so it was not a disaster that the Olde Deere refused to start, again..
On the subject of phraseology - sometimes I just ignore stuff and let others comment ;-)
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