More than 19 million people living within the United
States are not fluent in the English language, according to a recent
report by the Brookings Institution.
That translates to one out of every ten people. While stores such as
Wal-Mart and even campaign ads such as those coming from Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), cater to Spanish speakers, the study suggest feeding this improficiency could hurt economic growth.
Jill H. Wilson, Brookings senior research analyst and associate fellow, even went so far as to assert that:
English proficiency is a strong predictor of economic standing among immigrants regardless of educational attainment. Numerous studies have shown that immigrants who are proficient in English earn more than those who lack proficiency, with higher skilled immigrants reaping the greatest advantage.
Conversely, high-skilled immigrants who are not proficient in English are twice as likely to work in “unskilled” jobs (i.e. those requiring low levels of education or training) as those who are proficient in English. This underemployment represents a loss of productivity that yields lower wages for individuals and families and lower tax revenues and consumer spending for local areas. LEP immigrants also have higher rates of unemployment and poverty than their English proficient counterparts.
Moreover, higher proficiency in English among immigrants is associated with the greater academic and economic success of their children. English skills also contribute to immigrants’ civic involvement and social connection to their new home.Individuals without English proficiency earn an average of 25 to 40 percent less than their more acclimated counterparts, according to the report.
Jill H. Wilson, Brookings senior research analyst and associate fellow, even went so far as to assert that:
“English proficiency is the most essential means of opening doors to economic opportunity for immigrant workers in the United States.”If these claims are true, pandering to the language deficiency is not only harming the economic growth of the United States, it is abating the so-called ‘opportunity gap’ between immigrants and natives of this country.
It may shock many but the present day Democrat Party is built around dependence on the government. I know this may shock the knickers off Diane, but yes, the democrats want us to be dependent on them for everything.
ReplyDeleteThe people who can’t speak English will vote for the democrats because they think they will get more goodies from them. With the democrats it’s ask what the government can do for me, and not give me more freedom from government! If Osama Bin Laden were alive today, he would vote democrat.
All leading terrorists, rapists, thugs and felons are democrat; that is why the democrats are so hell-bent on letting felons vote. You know a crowd by the company they keep!
The Democrat Party is the party of chaos. They pit race against race, men against women, religion against non-religion, and English speakers against non-English speakers for the sake of keeping themselves in power. They don’t care if we become a banana republic if it means they can rule!
Opening the floodgate of non-white, low intelligence foreigners entering our country can be traced back to liberals such as Kennedy in the 1960s. LBJ continued this bullshit with the war on poverty (used to get the N-word vote; his words, not mine).
TO get power nowadays, they need more than just the black vote; they need Muslims, Hispanics, and Africans to supplant the white population. These foreigners would vote freedom away! Case in point, name me one successful democracy in the Muslim world or in Africa. It doesn’t EXIST! People from those countries have the IQ of a walnut, or less than my shoe size. These are retards that made a mess of their countries, and now they are coming over here to make mess of our country.
I sorry if I speak to boldly at times! If I shocked Diane’s knickers off by anything I said here I’m sorry; she can put them back on now because I am finished with this topic.