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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Thank You, Moose! ... {{HUGS}} my Friend ... For Great Britain and U.S. ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xk1P1913y0
Wouldn’t “woodenhead” mean something like Bill, “How has he survived this long?” DP calls that “Nimrod,” quoting Don Johnson as “Nash Bridges.”
Hi ‘Face,
“On form”
performing precisely to type, or to personal traits.
“Has form”
This is mainly a ‘rap sheet’ /criminal record.
It can also mean ‘to have class in your actions’. (rare)
Spring, we haven’t had winter yet.
The Spring flowers are coming out, so guess Winter has given up and headed South. :)
You?
Missed “Woodentop”.
Copper, plod, filth, fuzz, rozzers, Police.
It is a specific reference to the tall helmets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrY8W0DhE3o#t=18
Korean Beef Song
(was this sponsored by a Korean Beef Council or something??)
That dude is twiiisted.
Woodenhead is Egit.
Woodentop is Copper....but perhaps I repeat myself. :D
Thanks, boss.
Presently it's 37 with a cracking north wind "gusting to 32 mph" and continuing rain. Other things being equal, I will load up the troops to go to church at 5:30 and return by 8:30. If the roads start icing up before that, someone in authority should clear the church.
Nothing more to say Boss!
Do Brits ever call the police “pigs,” or is that an Americanism?
You should stay off the roads. We might be okay until COB here, but you’ll get the Weathers earlier and worse.
I’m done working in my driveway, at least as much as I’m willing to do.
For the rest of it, I plan to use fusion power.
I hope your generator turns on tomorrow for you.
Never been better!!! Keeps me in this daydream! None understand and that is okay .... Everybody Scream!!!
Um, it is muttered behind closed doors.
They can arrest you for saying it, poor dears have thin hides.
Normally you can ‘smell bacon’. Then run.
I’d often like to scream, but I’d wake Frank and Kathleen up.
Looks like tomorrow will be okay here, or so the weatherguessers think. I really don’t want to reschedule the class I’m supposed to teach tomorrow night!
AH. Thanks, Moosie. And “woodenhead” or “woodentop?” It seems to be referring to higher echelon police officers.
The writing is often clipped when it comes to conversation, and though I am able to wade through it, I’m sure there is a lot I have missed.
We mostly have summer and Christmas. The trees are almost in full leaf, now, and I see where some nests have been added to since the last time I looked.
It’s clabbering up to the north, but I don’t know if we will get anything from it. Just the aches that come with age.
LOL!
I’m polite about the police, myself. We have several in my neighborhood: a county Deputy Sheriff and officers from three different town police forces. Having their cars parked around helps deter theft.
These titles are more of form than of substance, as neither of us gets paid for our efforts.
Of course, if some errant moon looms up in the windscreen, I know it's going to be brought to my attention, pay or no pay.
Ah. So. I was wrong in my assessment. Thanks for clarifying! “Plod” was also used, and that had me baffled. Copper, I knew, and fuzz, but not rozzers or filth.
Thanks again! *hug*
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