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For Too Many, It’s a Very Unhappy Fourth of July

For Too Many, It’s a Very Unhappy Fourth of July

  BY ALAN CARUBA

  As Americans pause to celebrate the 238th signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, it well may be one of the saddest Fourth’s in decades. The six and a half years of the Obama regime has failed to unleash the nation’s capacity to recover from the 2008 financial crisis and has left the nation saddled in debt and dependency.

  This is not what freedom is about, nor…

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The AFL-CIO wants foreign workers paid more than native-born ones. Why? - via @WashingtonPost (blog)

"At the heart of the issue is a seemingly simple calculation: Mandating that foreign workers get higher wages means fewer foreign workers will get hired. But if wages for foreign workers are prohibitively high, it could lead employers to decide against hiring anyone new because of the costs or it could prompt businesses to hire unauthorized immigrants instead."

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/26/the-afl-cio-wants-foreign-workers-paid-more-than-native-born-ones-why/