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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Go for it!
yep, the wife said I didn't realize there were so many good looking men out there. I truly dislike eye surgeons.
Am so happy for you that your eyesight is 20/20. You can pilot that fighter jet next time. I'll sit in the back and run weapons. I've always wanted to run the weapons panel.
OK...how about this:
Ping to #2724
Any relation to a guy by the mane of Farragut?
He did have a word or two about torpedoes though, in spite of his mane..
Or so it goes.
There's yet another aspect to the regrets, Nti. When I put my glasses on, I was in the seventh grade.
When I took them off, and looked in the mirror, something terrible had happened to me.
*choke*
Think about this: When I put MY glasses on, I was in the second grade. I don’t know how long I had needed them before that, but until my accident and the advent of contact lenses, I had to put my glasses on to find the glasses I had misplaced! Myopia sucks!
Yeah, but you can thread needles.
Afternoon. We made all the children go outside. They’re whiny about it.
Don’t unlock the doors until they have their money ready.
LOL! I took a nap after lunch, and I dreamed that some people showed up at our house, saying they had rented it for their vacation. They had a whole list of requirements, including whipped cream made with a hand mixer, not an electric mixer. One of them said that the rest were just going to get high and lie around, but she had brought a book! “Well, if you finish it,” gesture toward shelves, “help yourself to another!”
I was glad to wake up, and now I’m having some wine for my nerves.
When I finish a book, I start writing another.
There’s a lot to be said for that. When I finish a book, I usually return it to the library. I finished P.J. O’Rourke’s latest book, “The Baby Boom,” last night. It was pretty good, but not as fun as his books that are full of travel journalism. Then I started a cooking mystery by Diane Mott Davidson. It’s had two murders and two attempted murders and a mass poisoning so far, and I’m only halfway through.
Sounds like bad cooking advice.
OH, no, it’s much more sordid than that. The food in these books always sounds very good, and recipes are included.
I always could...but lately, it’s only been the yarn needles...
Well, sordid has its appeal to me, but I’m not much of a foodie.
Ask them for the secret password before you let them back in...
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