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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20.7 degrees on the deck. 40 on the backporch where I am with my laptop. I’ll have to go in and get ready to go to work soon. What a way to mess up a lovely day. At least the dry air resulted in to frost.
Goodmorning, TC, And Goodnight Gentleman.
Brrrr. I hear movement and running water upstairs; the starving hordes are about to arrive. Have as nice a day as possible!
It is great being able to see your kittie pics now.
Hurrah for Anne Droid.
Likewise!
Science has the con.
Helm, keep her steady.
*and with that he was clubbed into blissful unconsciousness by the tentacles of a narbakkian terror masseuse!*
Narbakkian terror masseuse...
Please wait....
Removing images from memory. ...
Computers ...
If you were in the US, I could probably mail you a photo more quickly!
Sitting in the parking lot at work listening to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. I’ll probably go in at seven and fight the world. Have a great day.
:o]) Kahlua works!!!
And so we shall, Stranger!!!
Hiya!!! Long time no see!
We probably won’t see any snow on anyone’s tongue unless we make the 60 mile drive to Mt. Charleston. Enjoy!
I dunno why, but that’s one song I always had to turn off when I heard the intro... *shudder*
Try to avoid collateral damage, but if you need anything . . . just whistle.
I see you’re working hard at holding the universe together this morning.
Snow on the tongue tends to be a most fleeting phenomenon unless one tries to lick it off a flagpole.
I just drink water.
I’m supervising. Two of the fingers on my left hand are still paralyzed and I’m not much good at holding the dog food bag together, much less the universe.
Someone has to, or I might make a big mistake!
When we had a dog - *sniffle* - we kept the food in a plastic bin. Take the lid off, scoop out the food, put the lid back on ... one could do it with a baby in one hand.
Sorry about your fingers. Were you playing the guitar left-handed?
After multiple orthopedic and neurosurgeries and close to two years of physical therapy, the MDs and PTs told me late last October that there's no more they can do for my shoulder or hand. They've never addressed my neck and at this point I see no reason to do so.
My personal goal for the year is to regain use of my left hand against all medical opinion . . . and, I guess, to keep divesting myself slowly of a 40-year collection of guitars.
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