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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I meant to address that to everyone, sorry
My lawn tractor (bought used on EBay like the snowblower) is a TroyBilt. They do have a snow blower implement available but for new ones they want four-times the dollars that I paid for the tractor (and none used on EBay in local pick-up range for at least three years now..)
When I was looking for the lawn tractor specifically for mowing the property here, someone also had an old John Deere tractor with a snow blower on it listed at the same time as the tractor I bought. Problem was that the mower deck that the seller would ‘toss in’ for no additional cost was shot and at the time I needed a mower so I skipped the JD with snowblower/shot mowing deck and opted for the Troy Bilt with functioning mower..
And you know how it goes.. If I am going to replace either the snowblower or the lawn tractor, you never go for the same size, you go for bigger, so I would need to be looking at 28 inch or wider snowblowers (the JD is a 26” unit) and a tractor/mower with a deck wider than 42”... ;-)
My Craftsman snowthrower looks like the one pictured above, except it's a Craftsman that was purchased several years ago and runs fine!!
(The discharge chute is different then the one pictured above.)
BTW: I always use 100% synthetic motor oil in my yard equipment that use a gasoline engine!!!
Hmmm. Okay, what happens next?
Well, later, Wade drinks a beer. I'm still writing it.
The part of the story that we've seen a screen or two ago ran seven pages as I format it.
I'm up to fifty-eight now, sixteen thousand words.
And all because I mentioned Lassie trying to destroy Timmy.
Clearly, you are a reverse maelstrom of bad ideas.
And Lassie didn't even get a cameo.
A fountain of bad ideas.
[Or Fountai. Whatever that might be.]
Last anyone saw of Lassie, she was an invited participant at a White House dinner..
“To Serve Man” didn’t get a cameo either.
Speaking of bad ideas; since pronunciations differ, shouldn’t “either” be spelled “either” and “iether” spelled the other way?
Bravo!
Thank you!
I kinda like Wade. He’s an easy character to write.
He creeps me out.
I know what you mean. Please excuse my tardiness. We’ve had some issues here. My fingers felt cold, then hurt, then became numb. My father dealt w/frostbite while on the subs in the North Atlantic during WW II. I hope that you and yours are doing well.
None of the global warming believers are on speaking terms w/me any more. *sigh*
Will do now. Thanks!
Aether!
Karsh Kentu creeps NNB out.
And he has not stated why.
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