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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Before that existed only live performances.
The audiences were brutal!
Sometimes the band lead had to dodge flying axes.
Even further back was involuntary audience participation.
The selected member usually screamed and wailed about it.
They were just overwhelmed with emotion at being selected to join the gods.
Man, birthday parties sure have changed in six thousand years.
/ kidding.
One of the first I ever saw was on the Lexington Battle Green or Lexington Common. It was wonderful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Battle_Green
:)
Mid to late 80’s was when the shift began if memory serves.
Been awhile since I’ve been to a concert myself.
We aren’t as carefree as we once were. Those were the days.
The calico bandit stole a page from her brother’s book while he was off on his out of mind travels?
Tam had his sword out in a flash, pointing it first toward one, and then with a graceful spin, lunging toward a second beast that was coming at him.
In seconds it was over. The animals continued crashing through the underbrush in the area behind the travelers. Two of the beasts lay still and bleeding in front of Tam, who was smiling in triumph.
He looked again, growing quiet as he straightened up.
After a pause, he said soberly, “They’re not getting up.”
Luke examined them. “They are dead, Master Tam.”
Tam turned away, shaken. Dawn walked with him a short distance and spoke softly to him. Luke began unlimbering his pack.
Yeah.
The 80’s were good years.
Wish time travel existed.
I’d go back just to hang out.
We saw a Revolutionary War reenactment at a historic site nearby, Latta Plantation.
http://www.lattaplantation.org/latta/index.php?page=home
We used to get out there often, and now it’s been a long time, with so many other activities. Bill and Tom went to Civil War Day Camp there one summer, and drilled until they were exhausted, then had to cook over a fire!
Tom and Pat recently went with their Boy Scout troop to camp at Cowpens Battlefield in South Carolina when an anniversary reenactment was going on, and we’ve also been to King’s Mountain, and I hiked up it, very pregnant and pushing a stroller with a big 2-year-old boy in it!
I’ve been to Yorktown, Lexington/Concord, Germantown, and other Revolutionary War sites. We lived at Fort Adams on the Narragansett Bay, which was built for the War of 1812. I’ve been to Gettysburg a couple of times, to Chickamauga/Chattanooga, Fort Fisher/Wilmington, Manassas, Fort Gibson, Saylor’s Creek, Appamattox. Probably more. When my dad and brother and I went camping, we always visited historic sites, tool.
DP and some Scouts went to Pea Ridge in Arkansas; I was home with whichever baby, maybe Pat.
We love battlefields!
I still have three decades on you, Junior. Think about that whenever you're feeling "old".
But nobody is scalping/flambé/boiling/sacrificing either the performers or the audience members these days.
At least not outside of a GWAR or Rammstein concert.
Wow! That’s wonderful. I once lived in Bedford, which is between Lexington and Concord. I would run through Bedford, turn around and to Concord, past the Sleepy Hollow cemetery, would sometimes visit the Author’s Ridge, and then on to the Concord green, and back to Bedford. I’m far from that part of the state now.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the Northeast, even as far north as Gettysburg.
I’ve rarely been out of the house in the last three and a half years. First we got Joey, then our eldest developed cancer, then our next in line began to lose the use of his back legs and slowly became incontinent, and now we have a new puppy. I’ve just recently gone out to a couple of parties and a dinner party.
My car keeps dying because I never drive it.
I have to take the kids to all kinds of things, and I go to Weight Watchers on Tuesdays and The Salvation Army store on Wednesdays.
I don’t know how you do it.
15-passenger van.
I’m off to sit down with wine - we finally got Kathleen and all the little boys to bed. Hope you have a great evening.
You too. :)
My boots are taking water...
Take extra socks with you.
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