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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Ash got on with Tom okay, but she liked DP the best.
Spinach doesn’t seem to have as much iron as raisins, red meat, turkey and artichokes, but if it works for you, eat it! I’m looking for something that will make it much easier for me to maintain a non-anemic life. Red meat, turkey and raisins I can eat. Will NOT touch liver! NO!!!!
Since I seem to be prone to stomach problems, I need to make sure I take care of the stomach needs...my grocery lists will be changing, I suspect...
When DP was in the room, Ash igged me like the champion she was! LOL! I think the look on her face was akin to “disdain.” Maybe.
I think most greyhound trainers must be men. The hound we met recently at Petsmart gave me a sniff to see if I had any snacks on me, but then she ran over to DP and stood on his feet and sighed.
Liver, bleah. My mother would cook liver and onions for Dad and Russ, and then she and I would go out and not come back until it was eaten and cleaned up. I wonder if my sister-in-law cooks liver: Brits like organ meats more than we do.
You can get canned or frozen artichoke hearts. They are incredibly high in fiber.
My mother liked liver, onions and bacon, and oddly, the bacon removes the liver smell. But NOTHING can change the TASTE and texture of that nasty stuff! *shudder*
I don’t need more fiber, but if artichoke hearts help maintain the iron, I will eat them and stay close to the euphemism!
I’d be happy to warn people about y’all. Bob, I need a script from you. Darks, I’ll mumble and slur so nobody’ll know whether you have clones/scones/gnomes. Envision a select-a-scenario nightmare vending machine, complete w/glrbthrps (sic), etc.
Raisins will make you go, too. They expand.
I have mixed emotions...I will make sure I have plenty of cheese in my larder! LOL!
And I will be finding sources of Vitamin C to help process the iron I ingest. Talk about changing a diet...from the sublime to the ridiculous. :o|
Parsley is very high in vitamin C and doesn’t cost much.
You could even grow parsley in a pot in your house.
The jury is still out on parsley! My mother (again) liked the stuff and used it often, but I just never really developed a taste for it.
It will take me about six months to find a workable menu that incorporates the necessary remedies while not upsetting my metabolism. I may even have to adjust the amount and types of herbal pills I take to get maximum benefit. What a challenge!
This will make sorting through my late sister’s papers seem like child’s play...
You need to get more iron in a way that doesn’t tax the tummy. That’s makes it tough because I was going to suggest tonnes of red meat. But I am sure you thought of that. There are Fe supplements....
It probably needs direct sunlight at some stage of growth and to provide that, I would have to plant it outside the patio fence. Which is OK. It’s doable.
As I learn more, I will be more adept at finding the right things at the right times to make my body function properly. I’m not ready to kick the bucket (my son was really scared when I told him of the transfusion) and it’s up to me to see that I function at the highest level available to me for the longest amount of time.
So I will learn and adapt!
I, luckily, am a carnivore! Red meat is my favorite food. (Well, chocolate comes in at a really close second. Or maybe red meat is second...?) My favorite meal is: red meat (steak!) salad, a slice of garlic bread and a glass of sweet red wine. If I could afford it, I would have that every day.
And yes, there ARE Fe supplements, but I don’t want to go there unless I have no other choice.
I found a YouTube that’s in really poor taste...Wanna see it?
1000!!! Spammed in, like a jackal!
1000!!! Spammed in, like a jackal!
1000!!! Spammed in, like a jackal!
1000!!! Spammed in, like a jackal!
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