Dispelling Myths: The Case for Immigration Reform [Enjoy your made-in-America ZOT, troll]

Red Dirt Report ^ | 12/27/2013 | Brian Woodward

[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.”

[Darksheare]

Bump.
Catz are lyke that.

[Tax-chick]

Yes.

We’re having a thunderstorm again.

[Monkey Face]

It takes skill to pretend you’re a brain! LOL!
Cute expression on dat kitteh!

[Monkey Face]

W000t!

[Monkey Face]

For some reason, I didn’t sleep well last night, and this morning I feel really useless. Ungggh.

Busdaddy told me last night he is being sued by a gal who was hit by the bike rack of the bus he was driving a year ago. She wasn’t injured and her car wasn’t injured, but she’s going to try and get money from him and the company he was working for at the time. It has since changed hands. *sigh*

I don’t need to be wrapped up in this. I’m not married to him and not even engaged, but I seem to be the port he heads for in a storm. *sighhhhhh*

I don’t want to be the Mommie.

[Tax-chick]

It’s hard when people want you to be responsible for them ... without commitment.

I dreamed about being stuck in the snow somewhere.

[Monkey Face]

I dreamed of water again...According to my book, the condition the water was in is the factor, and since it has been turbulent in both dreams, “it indicates difficulty.” So what else is k-new?

Snow indicates good things, the book says. Generally, it’s a good omen. The difference being if you were struggling in it, but even that indicates the difficulty (whatever it is) will be minor and/or short-lived.

[Tax-chick]

We were just reading in Genesis this morning, about Joseph’s interpreting dreams. The Egyptians had dream-interpretation books, too.

My watch has stopped. I guess it needs a new battery.

[null and void]

Time stands still...

[HKMk23]

Too early in the morning.

All I’m coming up with is

BARACK OBAMA, PRESENT ID

[Tax-chick]

10:21 a.m. and holding.

[null and void]

Mr. Void:

The Ohio National Guard 52nd Civil Support Team is based in Columbus, Ohio and is comprised of 22 Soldiers and Airmen who are trained to support civilian law enforcement authorities and other first responders at domestic chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive (CBRNE) and natural disaster incidents by assessing current and projected consequences, identifying CBRNE agents/substances, advising on response measures and assisting with appropriate requests for state and federal support.

The unit's unofficial logo reflects these capabilities. The inner portion of the logo is divided into four diamond-shaped squares, emulating the National Fire Protection Association's "hazard diamond," designed to provide an immediate general sense of the hazards of a material and the severity of these hazards as they relate to emergency response. This was made part of the 52nd CST's logo to symbolize that each member is HazMat (hazardous materials) technician-certified. Within the diamond, the top image is the symbol for the U.S. Army Chemical Corps; the left image depicts the international symbol for a biological hazard; the right image represents the international symbol for a radiological or nuclear hazard; and the bottom image is a dragon's head, the Army's symbolic mascot of the Chemical Corps, originally adopted in the 1940s. Army CBRNE specialists are often called "Dragon Soldiers," as the dragon symbolizes the fire and destructive power of chemical warfare and munitions.

In no way is the logo intended to symbolize anything overtly or secretly related to any religion or faith. It is simply an illustration depicting the unit's main capabilities through relatively common images and symbols.

Sincerely,
The Ohio National Guard Public Affairs Office

Darks, you're off the hook...

[Monkey Face]

#4947.

Laz posted the answer before I was ready for it to air, knowing some people wouldn’t read it for a while...so Laz is getting mis-matched socks as the *ahem* booby prize.

[Dead Corpse]

Had a foot of snow last night. 36 degrees yesterday. 5 today.

Guess I won't be wearing this out there...

[Darksheare]

Yay.
They don’t know about the caffeine deer!

[Dead Corpse]

Goofy lookin’ dragon. Ears are too big...

:-)

[null and void]

Ooops...

[Monkey Face]

Some of my dreams have saved me a whole passel of trouble, just by me paying attention to them.

The band broke on my watch several days ago, so I have to take it down and get a new pin put in. I don’t know what it will cost, but it probably won’t cost much. But I also have a tie pin that needs to be reattached to its chain!

I miss my watch!

[Darksheare]

They will scoff at it.
For now.

[Monkey Face]

Nice legs, Dude.

Oh. Wait. That could be considered “sexual harassment,” right? Erase it, then.

In other news, “hubba-hubba” on the kilt! It looks good!

I’m sorry about all your snow...