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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I bought my Polaris new in 97 and it’s been a gem. The colder it gets the better it runs. Snowmobile engine tech in an ATV from the boys and girls in Minnesota. You must get 4wd though, the 2wd ones won’t pull a wet noodle out of a duck’s @ss in the slippery stuff.
A bit of both!!! More for you.
Yes, they simply love surprises. Sunsabitches. Someday I’ll get the hang of that.
Yikes....I see now what you meant by -17. I do really feel for you now~! We get - 20 this time of the year.
I see that the website/blog politico44 is no more. so no more he has decided not to do it anymore. Thanks for that idea you gave me.
Crowbar makes his feelings known regularly. A little south and across the road, our neighbor raises extremely expensive prized coon hounds. He has charged $18K per doggie. However, they never seem to shut up. I’m glad our home is supero-well-insulated and Crowbar has been fixed.
I do too. It keeps the ears warm, and is particularly functional when our Northern neighbors send us some of their warmest greetings... ;-)
Speaking of which, we are supposed to have a low tonight of -12° F (-25° C) here tonight. What are you looking at up there in the North?
You have a great way of putting your opinion!
Last I heard, Michigan got nailed with Ice Planet Hoth level arctic nastiness.
Then it metastasized.
-10 tonight.
Crowbar is a congressional Republican?
We usualy are at -20 this time of year. Haven’t seen it yet.
That’s because Sharkey has been hoarding it.
Fritz Brindle didn’t figure out what his equipment was for until after he’d been deprived of it.
Oh, no! Not metastases!
I don’t know his political preferences. I always give little fuzzy guys the benefit of the doubt!
Who’s Fritz Brindle? Goggie? Kittay?
NOT my fault..
Thank Sharkey for me!!!
Yuppers!
He lost containment, and the cold seeped out.
Dog.
And he was quite apocalyptically STUPID.
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