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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Make sure they didn’t have time to duplicate it! LOL!
Maybe a combo lock would work...titanium...you still have growing chillrun at home... q;o]
I’d forget the combination.
I’ve lost the box for one of my Christmas decorations ... largish box, shoe-box size. I’m sure I put it somewhere that I’d know where it was after Christmas ...
I hear Darksheare’s coffee has psychoactive properties...
I thought I saw that box when I was putting away the Nativity...I wondered what it was for...
Off to La-La Land!
NoCmpromiz is immune to it.
As am I.
“WARNING - Not to be taken internally!” - Slings and Arrows
In 12 cup drip percolator pot, fill to 6 cup mark with water.
In filter, put 6 heaping scoops of coffee.
Medium roast works best, just make sure it’s a robust blend.
Found a maxwellhouse ‘medium roast’ that was rather anemic.
Put pinch of salt in filter, about as much as it would take to cover the surface of a dime with one even layer.
This keeps the coffee from tasting burned too quickly, it doesn’t age well brewed this way.
Brew, recirculate if need be, usually not.
Add sugar and dairy creamer.
Creamora and coffeemate are not recommended unless you like the heart racing that Ranger Pudding gives.
That, and the nondairy creamer will give you both a headache and a buzz with the coffee.
I usually put about 8 spoons of sugar in this stuff, it ends up being like Russian Kava, thick and sweet with that bitter overtone to it.
Oh, and I am NOT responsible for seeming demonic possession of the coffeepot, or the coffeepot ending up acting as if it has been damaged.
Not if you transpose the "l" and the "d". Otherwise your poetic lysince is evoked instead of a true dyslexic phenomena..
Have you seen the most recent “Transformers” film? Those are fun for everyone!
I invoke my typo powers in that as well.
Have I mentioned that you are wonderful? Thanks!
For goodness’ sake, you can’t hand them everything on a silver platter. If they want to be twerpmasters, they have to work for it. The road to anything worthwhile is never easy....
Lol and *czckle*!
Just curious: how many family members with OCD will you have at home during the holidays next year, cetere paribus or however you spell it.
I’m plenty-nine.
Is that a recommendation?
Why should he get credit for that? Alice Kramden made it there first.
*sznicker*
Having bad literary ideas.
Like: Character has been abducted by someone who knows his methods.
The location they are hidden at is at the bottom of a deep icy lake on an ice planet.
Best way of keeping a nutty character who is not normally afraid of breaching the hull of stations from doing just that.
Bang, ZOOM!
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