Dispelling Myths: The Case for Immigration Reform [Enjoy your made-in-America ZOT, troll]

Red Dirt Report ^ | 12/27/2013 | Brian Woodward

[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.”

[Tax-chick]

Oh, no, it’s very satisfying arranging tree branches to look just right. Pat can do the lower branches, and I can do the higher ones.

[Darksheare]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAOCORz7INY

While straightening out the tree.

[Monkey Face]

You have email...with a photo....

[Monkey Face]

That was scary... *WAAAH*

[moose07]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3109330/posts

[Darksheare]

Andy Cuomo is an idiot.
That is a given.

[Anton.Rutter]

Arnie's new action flick...might be an explosion or two... The Last Stand (2013)

[Darksheare]

Now imagine decorating a tree to that.

[Monkey Face]

NO! *shudder* It’s worse than the abominicious snowpelt!

[Darksheare]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ea1k-PHvRY

[Darksheare]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey2L_ExKWuI

[Tax-chick]

Got it! Clever idea.

[Anton.Rutter]

A movie that almost requires drugs for viewing ;) The Dark Crystal *Directors Cut* (1982)

[NoCmpromiz]

It's all clear to me now. Where Darks getrs his critter names that is.. He goes to EweToob and borrows the last part of the URL. Note that this url (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ea1k-PHvRY) has the critter name of "EakPHvRY" in it. The one from his next post is "ExKWuI"..

Next time I bump into Darks I'll inquire as to the characteristics, manifestations, and proper pronunciations of an Ealk Phvry and an Exkwui. Sounds like some things that would be hiding out in those Is on fragments that are going to kill us all...

[Darksheare]

I actually get many of them from typos and mispronunciations.
Plus plain old dyslexia.

[NoCmpromiz]

movie that almost requires drugs for viewing

Does coffee count? Caffeine is the only drug I do anymore..

[NoCmpromiz]

plain old dyslexia

I didn't know you were lysdexic!

[Monkey Face]

Just make sure the lock is “pick-proof.” Or use a bicycle cable...something teen-proof, anyway! LOL!

[Tax-chick]

They found a key. That reminds me, I need to get them to turn it in!

[Darksheare]

That’s “Lydexsic”.