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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Lol!
They claimed Kathleen wouldn’t do anything else. If that’s true, then we need more days with the tv locked it!
Goodmorning SG.
Have just waded through severalhundered pages of printout looking for a missing 0. Found it, lurking on the floor sniggering.
Then some wise a** says: but why?
So now to turn into English , why. (”Because it could”,won’t cut the mustard )
Cup of Tea and then ....wibble. :)
The power outage was only in my bathroom. The hair cut took place in the Hair Cut Place! Broad daylight with lots of light!
Ohyah. Blame it on Kathleen, who is too small to defend herself! More days with the TV locked!
And my nails are too brittle for acrylics any more, so I can't even have my daughter do them. Ohwell... I'll just dream...
Good to hear.
Have you seen those vacuum cleaner attachments for cutting your hair? It sucks you hair straight out and cuts it off at the selected length. It looked like a really good way to make yourself look like crap.
I agreed with everything you said...except that I'm sure that when you said we didn't owe them anything else, you meant we didn't owe then anything, period.
Why is it that the organizations listed are primarily lefty in nature?
If I were to buy that, I would have to believe...
1) That they aren't voting now, and
2) The goalposts won't be moved again.
Neither passes the giggle test.
See, my problem has always been decimal points. If you think finding 0’s is tough, try looking for those eeny-weeny dots. They don’t even snigger to give one a heads-up. Hrumph.
When you consider the war the US Chamber of Commerce has declared on the Tea Party it’s clear that the interests of Big Business do not align with ours.
I don't need any help looking like crap! CFIDS has done an excellent job of that! LOL!
Actually, I’d give brother Ted equal billing.
I saw that (Red October) in flight once. I was interested in “The Notebook” but if things don’t blow up at regular intervals, Mr. Sg is not interested. You have made me a happy camper so that I can rush through my work to get on the exercycle! Thanks!
LOl...
suppose that could be the point of them...
Poor little dots, so misunderstood.
Doesn’t matter how you cut it, pi just won’t feed the family .
;) no prob YT is my main entertainment media so I’m always keeping an eye open...
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