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Showing posts with label Alabama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alabama. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
112th Engineers, Col. J. R. McGuigg, commanding, Camp Sheridan, Ala., Dec. 5th, 1917
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Friday, October 7, 2011
An Observation on Immigration
There's some interesting things going on, in terms of immigration law,
right now, but I don't know how many people have noticed it.
At the same time, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case concerning whether or not a state can pass its own laws regarding illegal immigration. This is full of all sorts of ironies. At one time, the US government did enforce immigration laws in the interior of the country, rather than just at the border, but an agreement reached with forces basically opposing immigration restrictions resulted in the US agreeing not to do that. That's why it is basically the case that illegal immigrants face much reduced risks of being caught if they get over the border and into the interior of the country.
Most Americans are not anti immigrant, they are simply not in favor of unrestricted immigration. People are well aware that unrestricted immigration reduces wages country wide and reduces employment for those legally here. Illegal immigrants, already being illegal, frequently work at low wages and put up with poor living conditions. You have to admire them for their drive, but by extension this means that wages in certain types of employments are kept low and an American cannot, therefore, earn a living in those occupations. Remove illegal aliens from the country, and wages in those occupations would rise. Yes, it would mean a rise in the price of some things too, but frankly, that's only just.
Encouraging illegal immigration, which the GOP at the national level basically does by ignoring the law as it favors low prices on things, and which the Democrats at the national level do because they basically favor an open border, results in American unemployment and, I suspect, also provides a relief valve for Mexico which needs to clean up its own house. Of note there, however, for the first time in its history most Mexicans are in the middle class, so things really are changing in Mexico. Perhaps this problem will take care of itself.
Anyhow, the Federal government failing to enforce its own laws is shameful. It's no wonder that the states are acting. And this is yet another example of how the national government isn't really fully functioning right now. The Federal government suing to stop states from enforcing what are essentially Federal provisions, when it won't do it, is bizarre.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
Monday, August 9, 1909. Pennies.
"The Isles", Lake Hopatcong, N.J. August 9, 1909.
Alabama became the first state to ratify the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution providing for an income tax.
The U.S. mint halted the production of the Lincoln head VDB marked pennies, with the initials of designer Victor David Brenner, on them. 22,350,000 of the pennies had been put into circulation.
Production had only been ongoing for one week.
Friedrich Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer, diplomat, and dedicated and open opponent of the Nazis, was born. He would later be active in the Kreisau Circle and July 20 plot, under which he was to have been the German Secretary of State in the Foreign Office and lead negotiator with the Western Allies.
He was executed on August 26, 1944, for his role in the plot.
Last edition:
Sunday, August 8, 1909. Passing of St. Mary Helen MacKillop.
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