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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She’s not used to a plant that spreads via horrific cloning to be older than she is.
Ah. An INNOCENT, she is. She’s my heart, though...she has survived YOU!
(Oh. Wait. That’s not a bad thing, really...I could adopt you both...anyway, my door is already open for y’all!)
The Latin means “which ever way you throw, it will stand.”
“...and you know, it was at a campground very much like this one...a three-legged man in armor came dashing out of the bushes!!!”
Bobbi is not quite ALL white. She has two black splotches on her face, one of which is sort of visible in that photo.. But she only shares of her white... ;-)
Now she is curled up on the back of the couch on an afghan Mrs. NoC crocheted years ago. She has other favorite spors of repose, including a catbed thing in the window (for when there be sunbeam) and a towel that has a pet warming mat under it (although sometimes she removes the towel and just sleeps on the mat..)
That device is interesting in that we got it years ago for one of our older cats (who has since graduated from this mundane existance) and said cat didn't like it. Neither did any of the other cats-in-residence at the time. It got stuffed back in its box and hidden in a remote cubbyhole in the space-time continuum. It resurfaced last fall while I was pretending to clean, and I put it under her towel on the couch. She has made extensive use of it all winter. The thing only draws 4 watts and doesn't really get very warm, but warm enough for her comfort..
Oh! Hollering, “Which ever way you throw, it will stand.” “Ni!!! Ni!!!”
LOL!
I can easily imagine that.
“And he threw crows and falcons at us while howling!”
Looked up Spider Plant. I used to grow those aplenty in Laguna Beach. There is a secret ingredient for food for those carnivores, dead little creatures. Bury them in the plant. Also, if you don’t have a window for it, get a green light for plants. Mine love it. The whole house is shaded from sun because of the heat in the summer.
I have it on good authority that she doesn't drink coffee..
Gave half of it to my sister in law.
It has taken over her entryway.
Tea.
And nothing truly interesting at that either.
She says that “Constant Comment” is too flowery.
You are such a good person.
Which is most likely why she has survived...
NOT!!!
O_O
*sniffle*
Those little babies that sprout out make new plants.
Why is it that when I post on a thread where Cyber is, I feel like Gracie Allen to his George Burns? I might be getting a little strange here.
LOL.
No, you add to the thread, as does everyone in their way.
I’m smelling some VERY GOOD BBQ aromas, and it makes me wish I had a mediocre following so I could cook some stuff up...
It will taste good when I’m done with it...
Constant Comment is my favorite hot tea! For good old regular ice tea, I use Lipton Sun Tea. At night, I change to Chamomile iced tea so I can go to sleep. I hate plain old agua.
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