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Dispelling Myths: The Case for Immigration Reform [Enjoy your made-in-America ZOT, troll]
Red Dirt Report ^ | 12/27/2013 | Brian Woodward

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...

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- 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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To: Cyber Liberty

Is Mrs Liberty gonna get us for this?


5,181 posted on 02/22/2014 12:44:13 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Monkey Face

Loved that “Merrrowwlll!” at the end, after the helicopter crash. Poor helicopter gets nailed in both of those vids.


5,182 posted on 02/22/2014 12:45:30 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Darksheare

Maybe after she finishes laughing, but I doubt it. She never was a fan of X-Men or anything, but watching a cat wreak so much destruction is a slapstick must-laugh, even if you don’t know what it’s a parody of.


5,183 posted on 02/22/2014 12:48:44 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Cyber Liberty; Darksheare

I like the helicopter touch, too! Katz ROOL!


5,184 posted on 02/22/2014 12:52:36 PM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended by something.)
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To: Cyber Liberty

So we have a headstart?


5,185 posted on 02/22/2014 12:53:04 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Monkey Face; Cyber Liberty

There was a dubstep Christmas cat one too.
*shurgs*


5,186 posted on 02/22/2014 12:54:55 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Darksheare

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uCozrP368M&list=PLkEv_B_Ot9Wc5Dic5X6Uu46tGelkHtaWB


5,187 posted on 02/22/2014 12:54:59 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Cyber Liberty

The sandal slam...LOL!


5,188 posted on 02/22/2014 12:57:20 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Darksheare

How do you “shrug?” Is it when you use just one shoulder?

.

*(BWAHAHAHAHAHA!)*


5,189 posted on 02/22/2014 1:02:55 PM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended by something.)
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To: Monkey Face

Kinda sag first, then shrugs.


5,190 posted on 02/22/2014 1:04:27 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Darksheare

Didn’t see that one. There were a lot by the guy who did the X-Cats.


5,191 posted on 02/22/2014 1:06:51 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Darksheare

Yes, for good measure, just to be sure. Sometimes a mere footstomp is not enough when there’s a Harlem Shuffle involved.


5,192 posted on 02/22/2014 1:09:12 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Monkey Face

What’s the sound of one hand clapping?


5,193 posted on 02/22/2014 1:09:52 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Cyber Liberty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ4PyHzoMBY

Dubstep cat...


5,194 posted on 02/22/2014 1:10:47 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Cyber Liberty

The “song” itself is annoying.


5,195 posted on 02/22/2014 1:11:10 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Darksheare

*Shurg*

Gave me a bit of a headache, like bad weed when I was a kid.


5,196 posted on 02/22/2014 1:14:52 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Cyber Liberty; Darksheare

Thanks for the H.O.G, Videos.
Something else to keep an eye out for...
See you tomorrow on the Dawn patrol. :)


5,197 posted on 02/22/2014 2:25:35 PM PST by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day.)
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To: moose07

Dawn patrol....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrQQZuLru9s


5,198 posted on 02/22/2014 3:40:56 PM PST by ThomasThomas (Is it legal to wire tape the NSA phones?)
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To: Cyber Liberty; Darksheare
glad we don’t have a gas water heater.

But...

That's your defense against those black helicopters...

5,199 posted on 02/22/2014 3:50:30 PM PST by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: Monkey Face; Darksheare
How do you “shrug?


5,200 posted on 02/22/2014 3:58:38 PM PST by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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