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 shook myself! LOL!
I shook myself! LOL!
UNGH!!!
Oh, it doesn’t look that bad!
I was “ungh-ing” at the double post! LOL! But thanks! I feel a little strange this morning.
I have to go to Walmart and get a prescription, but I’m not looking forward to it. It’s still only 34...br-r-r-r-r-r!
My aide came yesterday and I didn’t realize how bad I felt until I looked at the place after she left. Jeeze...no stamina and no strength can really put a crimp in housekeeping skills.
Yesterday, I got money orders and went to make them out, but mixed up the two for the utilities. Ungh. I hate when my brain does that to me. So while I’m at Walmart, I have to get some White-Out. I don’t even know where to look for it! LOL!
Hello....
Only 12 overnight here. It is a warm 18 right now. 3 more inches of snow. Tonight we will be 10 below at least.
Wow.
We’ve reached 31. DP and some kids went to a Health and Fitness Expo.
Stationary.
Office supplies (near the printer paper and stuff) or school supplies.
Good morning! 38 here (feels like 33).
Especially appreciated.
Especially appreciated.
Ack.
My fingers feel like 33.
That is cold for you isn’t it?
Medium-cold. It’s not unusual for us to have a week or more in the 20s in January.
January is our cold time too.
Hey did your kids bring you back anything from their vacation overseas a while back?
Ungh!
I looked for paper two months, as I never, EVER like to run out or even get below half a ream, but for some reason, they “hid” it. File folders, file jackets, file hangers, file boxes. but no paper.
Today, I found it. YAY! I had just printed copies on the last three sheets in the house!! I also found the white-out, but if I weren’t so tall, I’m sure it would have escaped my notice. It was above my eye level and it wasn’t the traditional bottle. At any rate, I’m in bidness!
I really need to get one of those “Neat Desk” scanners that files and sorts your documents. I have SO MUCH paper that needs to be shredded, but of course, I can’t do that until such time as I can scan and sort. I would try it manually with my cheap little printer/scanner, but my brain isn’t at its optimum these days.
I’m afraid I wouldn’t know where I put stuff...on the hard drive....
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