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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The lady on the right doesn’t even have a hat on!
Ee byeck the’re tuff them ‘norrthern Lasses.
I should say so!
Blackpool, mid-February, 1947. Cooking by gas & candlelight during the power cuts
Ah, socialism!
No, they just hadn’t thought of wind turbines back then.
It could have been an entirely different picture.
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(It could have been black.)
Excellent point. After all, gas burners and candles cause Global Warming.
That was a touching melodrama.
“And she left a sign on his forehead, with a kick she larned before she was saved.”
Yes, the inspection took place, and yes, the apartment passed. Even the patio passed, which surprised me. The letter made it sound as if the patio had to pass a White Glove inspection, and I figured I was as good as dead.
The things she mentioned will be taken care of before the end of the month.
And I’ve been looking at Tiny Houses, and think, if I could find someone’s back yard to put one it, it would be an almost ideal place to live!
My stomach clinched every time someone took a fall. Unnnngh....
One thing is for sure, Moosie...you can’t make this stuff up! LOL!
I hope to live in a very small house or apartment someday.
Cute! If it was me, though, I wouldn’t fill the house up with a king-sized bed.
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/pages/books
If I could, I’d send for this, just so I could dream with something in my hands... ;o]
There are other things to fill one of those Tinyhouses with! My mind has been working overtime since I first saw them on facebook.
MINE!
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