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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That reminds me of something.
I don’t remember the Constitution’s saying the president has to be human, so as long as the yeti is U.S. born and over 35, he’s a fine candidate.
State of the Union address: “Grronk! Grrrrghle! GRAAAGH!”
*Harry Reid gets thrown from the dais*
News talking head: “I’m not quite certain what that was-uh.. he’s looking at me, should I be AUGH!”
Not quite “Idiocracy”. Perhaps “Monstrocracy”.
“By the way Roger, in answer to your question in your journal? We’re monsters. And are born of monsters.” Matthew patted his hand on Rogers shoulder while smiling, then dropped down the hole in the floor.
“I don’t know, Mister Soames didn’t seem too terrible.” Roger opined.
“That’s because you haven’t seen him angry yet.” Evalynn interjected over the comm channel.
You guys have such interesting lives.
Not lives; minds.
Boring lives make for convoluted minds.
.
By the way, your tagline sounds vaguely familiar. What's the source?
“The inside of that mind is like a radioactive train wreck. You sure you wanna dive into that?”
Am registering Code Blue ... No call for Dr. Roberts.
Congratulations
My pager reads “code yeti”.
Dunno what that means.
Probably a good idea to stay in the control center area.
Just stocked the snack dispensers today.
I’m heading off for the night.
Maybe I’ll find out what a “code yeti” is.
10-4 ... Standing By!
Simple.
It's a Yeti studying THIS... ;-)
Code Yeti:
As first shouted by a ranger at Yosemite national park, after Yogi had been caught in a Snow storm.
“Good morning , Mr Ranger, sir.”
“Good morning Yo....YETI ! YETI, WE HAVE A CODE YETI, AHHHHHH! “
“Ranger Smith , come in. Ranger Smith , did you report code Yeti ? Over.”
“*Wibble*”
“So that’s a no on any lost Picanic baskets ,then.”
“Fuurrrb...YOGI !!!!”
Post 382. When I click on my bookmark for this thread, that’s the page that comes up.
There is a stranger among us
Something bad happened to his tail!
That’s what I thought, but I didn’t want to have to do the search myself. An ancient philosopher, I see.
Slightly opaque, but profound.
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