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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PS: At the resale shop or Salvation Army store, look for turquoise shoes and a purse....my wardrobe is never lacking them...
I’ll have to wear my black patent-leather hurt-my-feet shoes. It’s going to be so cold I won’t feel my feet, anyway.
Speaking of feeling the hurt, poor Bill is so poor that he’s going to get his hair cut at Great Clips, instead of going to Jamie. That reminds me, I should get mine done in the next couple of weeks.
http://www.boredpanda.com/animal-children-photography-elena-shumilova/
From a chat thread, some sweet pictures of children and pets on a farm in Russia.
Oh. Wow. I got so caught up in that, I’m ashamed of me!
Our neighbor across the street in Germany, had a St. Bernard, but it was long-haired. The slobber was overwhelming!
Really good, aren’t they? From watching DP work with pictures, I can see how some of them were edited, but you can’t edit a bad photo into a good one, only improve one that was done right to start with.
The pictures I post are “raw”!
Some “raw” pictures are perfect, but that has to do with time and circumstance. But you are right...you can’t turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse. You can only photoshop it and hope no one notices.
At one time, I wanted to really get into photography, but didn’t have the money for the equipment or the classes. I think I would have been good, because of my artistic family...those things are just handed down.
It’s probably why I love other people’s “photos of my summer vacation,” and other arcane and obscure venues.
Next time you come to visit, we can watch some photography videos. DP learned a lot from the set we bought from “The Great Courses.” On the other hand, there’s probably a lot about composition and the use of your digital camera on Youtube.
If I could only concentrate....
I will look forward to my next trip to visit. Actually, I already am, though I know it’s at least a year away!
Learning more about photography would make me feel very good, for sure. I’ve taken some very stuning photos, but because of ignorance and poor equipment, I couldn’t maximize them for fun and profit.
I'd be more intrigued by this idea, if I didn't already have one in my yard.
It has a queen-size "sleeping loft" over the front porch. But you have to be able to climb the stair to it! (And mind the ceiling fan, if you please!)
A Tinyhouse seems to be in my future, if I can find some unsuspecting fool willing homeowner. I mean, I can pay the utilities and even some rent, if need be...
It seems like there should be a market for this. Suppose you’ve got some space around your house. Finance a Tinyhouse for a buyer, hook them into the utilities with a percentage contract, charge some rent for the land. Sort of like renting out a garage apartment to a college student.
Mine sits over the well-pump pit.
When I had a new well put in, mumbleteen years ago, I decided to put the pump out with it. I trenched out to the new location, dug a hole, and built a lower level with concrete blocks to serve as a “basement”.
The “Pump House Gang” playhouse became the cover for the pit. This tiny house has electricity and a water supply.
Needs a little fixing up, but it would be good for sleeping-bag accommodations.
By the way, to fit the picture of a playhouse, the door has been cut down such that a normal sized person has to bend down to enter it.
We have county water.
My sentiments exactly. If I had the property, and I wanted to help someone as well as ease my expenses, I would have the “casita” Tinyhouse built on my property. As I understand it, a large, solid shed (Tuffshed, 10’ X 20’) could be adapted to some plans available.
At 5’9”, I don’t think I could live there comfortably. But thanks, Bob. It was nice of you to offer! (LOL!)
And it wouldn’t be hard to have the electric added. However, I suspect a Tinyhouse at your location would be temporary...since you’re a nomad of sorts... LOL!
I suppose there are a lot of municipal statutes to negotiate, unless you live in the freezing sticks. Might be worth it for some children at some point, sigh, cheaper than an apartment. We talked about building a cabin for Bill and Tom, but minors have to be housed “in the main structure,” according to state rules.
They’d never have settled the state if you had to have room inside for all your teenaged sons!
We've been in this house more than ten years. Maybe we'll die here. Anyway, the Tinyhouse can sit on a trailer!
A person I knew in Texas has a “casita” for rent, but her oldest sons have lived there off and on for a while. Since it was their principle bedroom, but not their living quarters, so there was no “in the structure” laws to deal with.
She tried to rent the place to me, but what she wanted was far more than what I was paying for the one-bedroom where I was.
That looked good, didn’t it??? The trailer...? One never knows when one will have to uproot and relocate! It puts a whole new spin on “trailer trash!”
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