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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That was supposed to be SHURG, but I think Auto Co Wrecks took care of it. Sorry.
Fifty years ago, my workmate had a brother that lost an arm, and she wrote a poem with the title of “One Hand Clapping.”
I will always think of that before I move on to the most recent query.
“And with a pert meow, Fred the Insane waded into battle against..ooh, a bug! Be tight back!”
*crashing sounds are heard, Fred’s internal monologue continues narrating his battle against the bug and seeming reality itself!
Right back.
Autodidact cowrecker loves “fixing” words..
It didn’t occur to me to de-ice the truck window before I set off. I had to stick my head out the side for a couple of blocks until it thawed out!
Church retreat and Cub Scouts banquet have been survived. Small sedative and off to bed.
I’d like a large sedative, but I DO know what icy windshields are like! Dang! That’s really ugly!
Fortunately it was only a little iced.
The retreat went really well. We had 42 participants and about 25 staff, and it seemed like everyone was happy to be there and having a great time.
“Guilty parties, raise your hand.”
Yup,I have done that too.
“Why does my windshield look funny?!”
Check your FReepmail...life sucks...
You’re never going to believe this, but that’s it!
Where did you find that video of us on parade night? Lol. :)
Aw ...
Teamwork!
LOL!
Admittedly, I did that lol awhile ago.
That’s okay, I don’t think I’d seen it previously.
My feeling exactly, when it comes to spiders. I know they do good and all that, but we most have black widows and other toxic kinds here, and I’m not interested in having them in my house.
Tom says he might be bringing home a tarantula from Boy Scouts tomorrow. Unnngh. (One of the other boys is even more into weird pets than we are.)
The Cub Scouts had their banquet last night at the hall at the camp nearby. I hadn’t seen Kathleen for over 24 hours, because she was in bed when I got home from church Friday night, and still in bed when I left Saturday morning. When she finally got done clinging on me, she went looking for Tom, who was helping in the kitchen with some other Boy Scouts.
Kathleen walked into the kitchen - pink and white floral dress, pink and white Hello, Kitty tights, pink ballet slipper - picked up a knife, brandished it Boy Scout leader (at his knees ;-), and yelled, “Here you GO!” He took the knife from her, and then she carefully threw herself on the floor and yelled, “Tom! Tom! Here you GO!” (That meant Tom was supposed to get her knife back.)
Tom picked her up, gave her a bun to distract her from the knife ... and when I arrived in search of her, four Boy Scouts were singing her the “literal trailer” song about “Assassins’ Creed IV.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfsRxTjNGvo
Kathleen was beaming and singing, “Die ... die ... Tom ... die ...”.
She makes a wonderful Princess Alia. (Later known to her followers as St. Alia of the Knife).
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