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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Kelvin?
Lord, yes.
hmmm.
That’s what the Kelvinator said.
“How do you like 120° K?!” The Austrian accented villain asked the humancicle at the beach.
Color temperature is measured in degrees Kelvin. But that temperature would only make a body blue.
Wait! “Austrian accent” ???
That's the guy.
Of course, STP (Standard Temperature and Pressure) is defined as 273° K and 1 atmosphere of pressure. Which is why you would need to involve the Standards Committee to change it. And they would laugh...
Did you know that your mole occupies 22.4 liters of volume at STP?
And assuming you still have your mole and it hasn't found freedom yet so is still in it's 22.4 liter Big-Gulp bottle (don't tell Bloomberg) your mole will have 6.023X1023 molecules (should you desire to count them.)
If not, just go to Panera and get a Bacon, Turkey, and Avogadro sandwich. With coffee. It's a constant kind of thing. It's the least you could do to remember Amedeo..
Hot coffee is also a fine source of Brownian motion should you are driven to generate some infinite probabilities...
He borrowed Obomba's speech writer...
I’ve been meaning to talk to this guy Avogadro. I’m glad you had his number.
Gordy Alamagordo.
Popped to mind for no reason at all.
Sometimes it seems those numbers get, you know, molecular...
Last seen out in New Mexico somewhere....
But what about “peculiar” numbers?
Are they left out?
I have no idea what you’re talking about. Half of our numbers are “odd”.
“They are misunderstood!”
*wincing*
I spoke to one of them.
“Don’t call me odd”, it said.
“I’ll get even!”
*3 is in a relationship with 5!*
“Hey, we got 8!”
*gets eaten in a flash of ludicrous punlight*
Drats.
Can’t find what I’m looking for.
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