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Dispelling Myths: The Case for Immigration Reform [Enjoy your made-in-America ZOT, troll]
Red Dirt Report ^
| 12/27/2013
| Brian Woodward
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 Senates 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. Its fluid, which is how we want it to be.
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To: Monkey Face
Ah, yes. Yarns can be tricky.
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posted on
02/02/2014 2:46:27 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(My cleverness often has to be severely constrained in order to fit in a tagl)
To: Tax-chick
As soon as I finish this beer, I’m going to have a glass of wine and watch the Super Bowl...a vice I’m proud of! LOL!
2,742
posted on
02/02/2014 2:47:14 PM PST
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Monkey Face
(Absinthe makes the heart grow fondue. ~~ Darksheare and NoCmpromiz)
To: Monkey Face
(I wish I had bought some buffalo wings...)
2,743
posted on
02/02/2014 2:48:00 PM PST
by
Monkey Face
(Absinthe makes the heart grow fondue. ~~ Darksheare and NoCmpromiz)
To: Monkey Face
We’re having something involving pasta. DP just got off the phone with his stepmother. His father is still in ICU, but nothing has gone deeply, seriously wrong, so hopefully he’ll break out of there in the next few days and eventually go home.
2,744
posted on
02/02/2014 2:56:53 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(... for the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead ...)
To: Monkey Face
The Ordeal for re-entry (in the spirit of the 40th anniversary of D&D) is taking a shower.
2,745
posted on
02/02/2014 3:00:19 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(... for the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead ...)
To: Monkey Face
The homeless people brought over pizza today. yummy.
2,746
posted on
02/02/2014 3:01:11 PM PST
by
null and void
(<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
To: Monkey Face
Lol!
I’m such a bad influence.
2,747
posted on
02/02/2014 3:31:11 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: NicknamedBob; Tax-chick
When I finish a book, I hunt down its relatives so none shall attempt to take revenge!
2,748
posted on
02/02/2014 3:35:24 PM PST
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Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare; Tax-chick
It’s always fun to turn over a new leaf.
2,749
posted on
02/02/2014 3:51:55 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(My cleverness often has to be severely constrained in order to fit in a tagl)
To: NicknamedBob; Tax-chick
Yes, except that one book tried to assassinate me.
2,750
posted on
02/02/2014 3:59:50 PM PST
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Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare; NicknamedBob
“Day of the Jackal,” feeling its oats?
2,751
posted on
02/02/2014 4:00:26 PM PST
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Tax-chick
(... for the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead ...)
To: Tax-chick; Darksheare
Ordinarily, I wouldn’t think that jackals and oats would go together.
2,752
posted on
02/02/2014 4:23:12 PM PST
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NicknamedBob
(My cleverness often has to be severely constrained in order to fit in a tagl)
To: NicknamedBob; Tax-chick
The oats were the weapon!
2,753
posted on
02/02/2014 4:39:47 PM PST
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Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: dirtboy
Some people just make up their own “facts”
To: Darksheare
I prefer to call it, “Kindred Spirits!”
2,755
posted on
02/02/2014 5:02:27 PM PST
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Monkey Face
(Absinthe makes the heart grow fondue. ~~ Darksheare and NoCmpromiz)
To: Tax-chick; NicknamedBob; Darksheare; All
Welp...I finished the beer and had the rest of the wine and it looks like, unless Denver makes some inroads in the next 15 minutes of play, I will be heading for bed and a decent book.
2,756
posted on
02/02/2014 5:06:18 PM PST
by
Monkey Face
(Absinthe makes the heart grow fondue. ~~ Darksheare and NoCmpromiz)
To: Monkey Face; Tax-chick; Darksheare
"... and a decent book." Now that would be a change of pace for me. Hmm.
2,757
posted on
02/02/2014 5:12:30 PM PST
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NicknamedBob
(My cleverness often has to be severely constrained in order to fit in a tagl)
To: NicknamedBob; Monkey Face; Tax-chick
“If there’s a decent word in there, it’s because I missed it.”-Mark Twain referring to his work “1601.”
2,758
posted on
02/02/2014 5:52:39 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
2,759
posted on
02/02/2014 6:01:22 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare; NicknamedBob; Tax-chick
that one book tried to assassinate me.Which is exactly why you never turn your back on a book that is mumbling "Feed me.."
2,760
posted on
02/02/2014 6:19:39 PM PST
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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