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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Ah. That ‘splains it, Moosie! Thanks! We have red, yellow, white and bilious green for firetrucks here...And every station has “the shiniest one.”
My title is “Notorious Nuclear Niceness Nazi, Bearer of the Dread Worlds of Power, “Bless your bowels, honey - how did you get your hair to do that?”
I bow ... I know the truth, hon! Thus I bow!
Back in the old days of the Undead Thread, we all had pretensions to grandeur. Now we’ve settled in and don’t have to advertise it ;-).
Burst my Spring ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxoBaEQGMPo
I still wield the orbs of power...
That copshop is still there, just off Regent’s street. It’s 500yards from Piccadilly Circus.
The main docks are in the East end, but the whole of the South Bank of the Thames was dock at that time.
Those are probably the docks he is referring to.
Which means that the copshop is only half a mile from the Thames at Whitehall.
Soho is still a Steamy area now...
You’d better believe she does!
Told ya ... I’ll make you famous!
Chocolate covered candy. Know I forgot last time. Saturday in the month of June? Yes, the chance is there if Better Half is willing and we do not attend the Shoot. I shall talk with you later, or if Better Half shoots me, I’ll not talk or type ... {{HUGS}}
Yes, just an ordinary day.
Must bid you all Goodnight. :)
Yes, I have to pull myself and many younger selves together to get to church.
Sleep Well Moose!
Wow. That’s good to know. Here I was thinking that I was reading about a London that was, and not a London that still is, in a manner of speaking.
The author makes reference to the docks and that the bombs set fires “that light up the whole east end,” or “the fires from the docks lit up the skies,” so blackout curtains were useless.
LOL!
Thanks! I’m kinda proud of them. (When they aren’t in the way...)
‘Night, Moosie! Thanks for the help!
*hug*
We promise, if we make it there to be in the way!
Kiss yourself!!!
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