A military man with a blue collar background and liberal ideas and they're all set. — Benkei
Yep.first impression he sounds like a reasonable guy. — Jake
Actually no. He said he was going to defeat ISIS and basically he is withdrawing well before that has been truly accomplished.isn't he just doing what he said he was going to do? — Blubarb
But guess who was naive? Naturally the stupid bullshitter decided otherwise.(cnbc) Just days before submitting his resignation, U.S. special envoy Brett McGurk, who heads the global coalition to defeat the Islamic State, said in an exclusive interview that putting an end to ISIS will be a long-term, multiyear effort.
"We're on track now over the coming months to defeat what used to be the physical space that ISIS controlled," McGurk told CNBC's Hadley Gamble. "That will not be the end of ISIS."
"Nobody is naive," McGurk said less than a week before Trump's decision. "The small clandestine cells, the individual terrorist attacks, will remain a threat for some time. That is why we have to remain together as a global coalition to keep the pressure on."
Since October of this year, over 10,000 illegal immigrants have been released by ICE at the Grey Hound bus station with nothing but a bus pass, picked up by faith groups, cared for until they can contact a family member already in the USA or they can chose to leave and live on the streets of our state.
Illegal or not, our community cannot handle the influx at the rate that we are looking at. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
Illegal or not, our community cannot handle the influx at the rate that we are looking at. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
Over here at least, the stats show that immigration results in a net contribution in terms of the economy — S
Latinos are the largest minority in the US. We have a very long and happy tradition of absorbing Latinos. — frank
Ok, but what are the limits of this? Should the goal be that the U.S. or Great Britain have as many people as China? More is better, without limit?
Shouldn't we be aiming for some specific population goal which we hope strikes the best compromise between economic benefit and over crowding? — Jake
Is that good or bad, a problem or a solution? How much is enough, how much is too much etc?
I don't see how we get where ever it is we're trying to go population-wise if we have no idea what that is. — Jake
:lol: Not yet brewed. Waiting on the frost to melt with a little sunshine before I am venturing out into the desert which is sitting at 35*f.First, it's important for me to ask this crucial question...
Where is my $%^&%# latte!!!! :smile: — Jake
Of less importance is the obvious question which we never seem to get around to asking, let alone answering.
What is the appropriate population for America? — Jake
As example, the population of the United States has doubled in my life time. Is that good or bad, a problem or a solution? How much is enough, how much is too much? — Jake
Not psychologically and you can leave that notion in your head, from which it stems and stop trying to project it onto others. No matter how many times you try, the spaghetti is not going to stick to the wall. :roll:You mean, a bunch of people within the community cannot handle it psychologically, or...? — S
Imagine a long list of beautiful images of American Latinos that I can't post because this forum is crap. — frank
Send all the newcomers to Montana and Wyoming. There are only two persons per square kilometer in those states, hence a lot empty area for people to fit there. And basically there are so few people now in those states that their objections don't matter (as elections go). And the foreigners wanting to come to the US will think twice before coming to Montana and Wyoming (as New York and California are off limits). And if people Still want to come, well, the two states are in for an economic boom as they have to basically build new cities for the newcomers.If you could entertain this idea for me, it might show representatively, what I believe is "too much".
If we think of a stable base of a community as a dried out sponge, we are capable of absorbing many, many drops of water without reaching the sponges capacity. Once the sponge has reached it's capacity to absorb even one more drop of water, when one droplet hits the sponge it sends off hundreds of little droplets in every direction of the saturated sponge. The only way for the sponge to absorb more water is to wring it out and then and only then, can the sponge begin the absorption process again.
So to answer your question, how much is too much for my community, my state? It is when one more droplet of water sends of thousands of little droplets out in ever direction with no plan on how to wring it out. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
As the U.S. braces for a wave of aging patients, and an exodus of retiring nurses, foreign nurses are expected to be needed as much as ever.
"Nurses that migrate to this country have made a significant impact on helping to improve health outcomes, particularly for hospitals that tend to have challenges in terms of building their own nurse capacity," says Yolanda Ogbolu, a neonatal nurse practitioner and director of the University of Maryland School of Nursing Office of Global Health.
Foreign-born nurses make up about 15 percent of registered nurses in the U.S., according to a June 2016 report by the Institute for Immigration Research at George Mason University and the Immigrant Learning Center. — Lisa Esposito, U.S. News
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