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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My doctor joined a death panel. I probably am at the top of the list to be deathed upon.
I realized that the first time the doctor went probing with petroleum jelly. Was about six year ago.
Mine uses Kentucky jelly...
I understand under the new rules of zer0care the use of petroleum jelly for probing is not allowed. Gee ... The death panel will be kinder, me thinks.
Is this the stuff ... Kentucky Jelly ... I hear it works well in some instances ... http://kentuckyjelly.com/
Nully ... I found it ... Kentucky Jelly ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ycePKqc-xo
Nully, Kentucky Jelly everywhere .... http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2012/10/ky-jelly-is-my-new-jam/
I’m going to have to go ... This discussion is going too deep.
I’m still hoping for a nap. Kathleen and I dropped of my papers at church, and I helped a Spanish-speaking man arrange a memorial for his late mother. Right place at the right time ...
lol.
Have a pink flower!
I got the dishes stacked but because I cleaned out the fridge, I now have three times as many dishes as I had when I got up this morning.
*sigh*
What I would like to do is go find some Adult Pink Beverage and let the afternoon slip by while I’m in a nice glow. But that ain’t gonna happen!
Maybe I should go sit in the sun for a while...
And if you think on it a bit more, I'm sure you can come up with more.
Toledo, OH has a Polish station. But polka 24/7 isn't my thing. Of course, I'm way beyond their 1 micro-volt contour so I can't do so if I desired...
Welp. I went out to check the mail, and the truck was just leaving, so I sat at the picnic table at the ramada and talked to one of the neighbors for and hour and a half. Then the wind came up, just as my storm glass said it would, and I came in.
The only thing in the mail was a newspaper flier. Of course, my neighbor got junk mail, and one of the women neighbors got the flier and two bills. At least I didn’t make three trips out there just to find a dinky flier in the box...
And now, I want to go to bed. But I will stay up and see what havoc I can wreak.
Hey let's go to Ukraine and set fires barricades! Havoc galore or we could go down Venezuela way and do similar.
After we finish Ukraine or Venezuela ... We could join Rocky Raccoon for a drink of milk ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nucSvl7VXVM
Face, I’m canceling ... The state of departments (er state department) has put out another warning on overseas flights. Shoe Bomber Alert.
I was just visiting the Harry Potter store and all eight movies are available in a set for $45.95 or $59.95 for Blu-Ray. *groan*
Talk about eye candy...that site has so many yummy things on it...I should know better than to look...
Don’t worry everyone, we can still go to the Olympics ... I quote from the article warning of the Shoe Bomber Threat ... *The threat information is unrelated to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, several officials said.*
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