Episode 51: America Relies on Immigrants
Immigration is, as happens fairly routinely, an important topic in the national conversation these days. It's generally well-accepted that the United States is "a nation of immigrants," and yet there remains a stubborn skepticism about new immigrants....
Words & Numbers · Antony Davies
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Show Notes
Immigration is, as happens fairly routinely, an important topic in the national conversation these days. It's generally well-accepted that the United States is "a nation of immigrants," and yet there remains a stubborn skepticism about new immigrants. These concerns generally branch into two broad categories: economic concerns and social concerns. Economically, citizens seem to think that immigrants are "taking our jobs" or "a drain on the system." Socially, citizens are of the belief that immigrants are "undermining American culture." But are any of these concerns warranted? Join James Harrigan and Antony Davies as they discuss this and more on this week's episode of Words and Numbers.
Quick Hits:
Denver hires homeless people
Koch donating $400 million to candidates
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/27/politics/koch-republican-election-candidates-donate/index.html
https://nrf.com/resources/consumer-research-and-data/holiday-spending/halloween-headquarters
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/04/fourth-of-july-spending-by-the-numbers.html
https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topindivs.php
Foolishness of the week
Topic of the week
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/27/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s/
http://www.businessinsider.com/major-us-companies-founded-by-immigrants-2017-2
http://startupsusa.org/fortune500/#appendix
http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/19/news/economy/undocumented-immigrant-taxes/index.html
https://itep.org/wp-content/uploads/immigration2016.pdf
https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/advocacy/United_States.pdf
https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/advocacy/United_States.pdf
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/09/undocumented-immigrants-and-taxes/499604/
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