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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That’s how I feel this morning. I have a fasting blood draw at 0845, and I’m thinking of food. I’m not hungry, I’m just thinking of food.
Maybe after the draw, I’ll stop by McDonald’s, since it’s literally, right around the corner.
It’s 31 degrees here! Br-r-r-r-r! At least it will be a little warmer by the time I have to go out in it.
See?
Yup!
I swear there must be some law of physics that I can’t own a sweatshirt 24hrs without getting a coffee stain on the front of it.
None of my other shirts look like I used them for bibs. All three sweats have at least one place where my mug copiously marked its territory.
I used to have that problem with any chocolate liquid. I grew out of it, though...
Obviously the mug has something against sweatshirts.
Perhaps at some point in history there was a great war between mugs and sweatshirts?
Nothing that involves snake handling or human sacrifices, I take it?
I’m 52yo male so any growing up is unlikely :)
The Kynge has Pronounced that Henceforthe Only Black Sweate Tunicks Shall Be Entertayned at Courte.
Verily, they make Our Royal Person look more ninja. And slimming, too ;)
Having been to a fair few of the old deserted monasteries it would appear that they did have the room for a firing range inside the monastic compounds.
The Lay brothers dorm at Fountains Abbey would have made a fantastic indoor archery range, on wet days....
Human sacrifice via snake handling.
“He is accepted of the gods if he gets bitten and dies.”
*chomp, scream, thud*
“The offering is acceptable!”
The daytime temperature is supposed to lift towards the end of the week.
Wrap up warm ‘face, and think warm thoughts. :)
Looks good! Thanks!
If you wear Only Black Sweate Tunicks at our house, you get blonde and red and white cat hair and red dog fur all over it and stuck in it.
How do you dye armor and chainmail?
I’m going to bundle up when I leave here in about an hour, because I just can’t stand being cold. And the first thing I want to do is go to McDonald’s for breakfast...including a Medium Iced Chocolate Mocha...
(I’m series!)
Not everyone had chainmail or armor.
Wool was often a cloth choice, and silk was available but very expensive.
And I would. I’m every animal’s free rubs station.
I’m all for slimming...and I REALLY wish I were 52 again!! LOL!
I don’t think I have a Black Sweate Tunick. Blue, green, rust, gray, and off-white, but no black. My bad.
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