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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Err... As far as I know, Asian Americans by and large are already on average richer than the average white person.
Also, higher education levels, lower divorce rates. Less chance of putting our elderly in retirement homes. Also, lower levels of single parents or teenage parents.
Pretty much below the average Jewish American, higher than the average non-Jewish white American.
To have Asian Americans become the middle class would be a downgrade.
Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.I have the same impression of Asian Americans.
If you go to the Boston Bus terminal... it feels more like China or Taiwan than Massachusetts.
Which I think is good.
Also I like Boston because you find a lot of catholic irish WASPS (well I am guessing they don't count as WASP?). For some reason I feel there exists some culture affinity amongst them and us, despite the Irish gangster stereotype.
edited 25th Aug '15 10:13:08 AM by BAFFU
Ok but we are not talking about already established Asian Americans, we are talking about recent immigrants. Also that same study which says they have higher income? Here it is
. Asians are also less insured, their children are less insured, and also tend to be poorer when they ARE poor.
Related to disposable income, not raw income.
edited 25th Aug '15 10:21:54 AM by Aszur
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes![]()
. Those Asians are less likely to employ the anchor baby tactic cause it will be ?21 ? years before the baby can petition for them.
The anchor baby tactic is usually employed by middle class upper class Asians, who are already comfortable enough in Asia.
And trust me when I say this, cause I know this bunch personally, we will take advantage of your social services even though we can afford to not to. Do not expect us to act way differently than the those rich white bastards and bitches.
A penny saved is a penny earned is very popular motto.
edited 25th Aug '15 10:25:05 AM by probablyinsane
Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.In a nutshell, the people who employ anchor baby tactics are usually wealthy already. They can afford to wait the 21 years. In the meantime, they may use USA's maternity services and education services before their child petitions them over. Think of it like an early retirement fund.
Desperate immigrants on the other hand will just try to sneak into the USA.
Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.6 Ways Scott Walker Has Become More Trumpy
So, like a typical career politician, he changes tactics and mimics what's popular at the moment in order to win. I hope this backfires simply because I want a message sent to career politicians that people aren't going to fall for blatantly fake image changes.
edited 25th Aug '15 10:47:15 AM by BonsaiForest
I think you are grossly understating or misunderstanding motivations of immigrants.
If someone, even a moderately wealthy person, is trying to access the health and education services in the U.S, that is nothing short of desperation because both of those suck. If the only manner they have to access disposable income is to "cheat" such a system, then I am afraid they are no different than the immigrant who moves to the U.S literally fleeing from famine and bullets:
They seek better opportunities that their place of origin does not offer. You don't have to be starving, impoverished and uneducated to know you could have it way better in a place where there was a system where the starving, impoverished and uneducated can get help.
And being starving, impoverished, or uneducated does not mean you are not contributing to this place's economy.
Take me, for example. I could move into the U.S. I could be getting a bigger salary if I apply and receive a job there, even though I am working as a professional in my country, and in my area, as well as have access to things in there that I do not have acces to here. If I did this, for the sake of accessing these things, would I be a scum sucking terrorist immigrant leeching off the United States' teat?
edited 25th Aug '15 10:55:00 AM by Aszur
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes![]()
.read the birth tourism article at Wikipedia.
Also, I do not think poor Americans of any color will appreciate well-off people of any color using social services. Those birth tourism companies include tutorials on how to act like impoverished mothers.
I'm also speaking from 2nd hand knowledge. I personally know people who scammed usa's maternity services.
edited 25th Aug '15 10:59:39 AM by probablyinsane
Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.That would be because those companies profit off making the birth cheaper for their customers, so of course they are going to slime in whatever way they can make it cheaper.
As for the reasons, it is mentionedi n this famous article of yours. They want double citizenry: it is very useful for well off people. It is very different to show up at a London Airport, a Brazil Airport, or a Dubai Airport with an U.S Passport than with a Chinese one.
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothesI don't think he's talking about immigrants, at least not immigrants in general and certainly not what most people think of when you say "immigrants". I believe he's talking about a very small sub-set of wealthy Asian migrants who are the ones responsible for anchor baby cases.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranWe could also discuss the amount of british tourists that complained about the quality of Tea they received during their stay in the U.S, if we wanted to get into anecdotal horrible things that happened.
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothesToo concerned about the micro over the macro. One very specific type of abuse does not inherently merit an overhaul of a Constitutional amendment.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"majority of Asian Americans come from the 1 percent of Asia. Not just in terms of brains but also money money money.
It's one of the theories why Asian Americans is model minority.
USA is getting not just our brightest but also our richest. At the very least, USA is getting a good chunk of that portion who knows to go where the cheese is.
Our governments tend to mishandle money so much that we instinctively have to take advantage of legal loopholes everywhere, including outright fraud of social services for the poor.
Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.The newest round of hostilities between Fox and Trump over Megyn Kelly is starting
Trump also tweeted that Kelly was "really off her game" and retweeted a tweet that called Kelly a "bimbo."
Fellow Fox News hosts soon came to Kelly's defense.
"Fox & Friends" host Brian Kilmeade said Tuesday morning that Trump is "totally out of control" and that his attacks on Kelly are "totally unwarranted."
Host Bret Baier, who moderated the GOP debate with Kelly and Chris Wallace, tweeted "It's been 19 days since the debate - @realDonaldTrump has made his feelings clear. But THIS needs to stop," adding the hashtag "#letitgo."
On Tuesday, Fox News Chief Roger Ailes said in a statement Donald Trump should apologize for a tirade of tweets aimed at Fox News host Megyn Kelly.
"Donald Trump's surprise and unprovoked attack on Megyn Kelly during her show last night is as unacceptable as it is disturbing. Megyn Kelly represents the very best of American journalism and all of us at Fox News Channel reject the crude and irresponsible attempts to suggest otherwise," Ailes statement reads. "I could not be more proud of Megyn for her professionalism and class in the face of all of Mr. Trump’s verbal assaults. Her questioning of Mr. Trump at the debate was tough but fair, and I fully support her as she continues to ask the probing and challenging questions that all presidential candidates may find difficult to answer," Ailes said. "Donald Trump rarely apologizes, although in this case, he should. We have never been deterred by politicians or anyone else attacking us for doing our job, much less allowed ourselves to be bullied by anyone and we’re certainly not going to start now. All of our journalists will continue to report in the fair and balanced way that has made FOX News Channel the number one news network in the industry.”
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UPDATE (1:37 p.m.):
In a statement, Trump said he "totally disagrees" with Ailes and said he does not think Kelly is a "quality journalist":
"I totally disagree with the FOX statement. I do not think Megyn Kelly is a quality journalist. I think her questioning of me, despite all of the polls saying I won the debate, was very unfair. Hopefully in the future I will be proven wrong and she will be able to elevate her standards to a level of professionalism that a network such as FOX deserves. " Trump said.
Note: I rearranged the story a bit so that it would follow the chronological order of events.
Anyone want some popcorn?
I have to admit I'm really curious over what would happen among the right wing base if Fox went on a full scale Trump blockade. I think Fox could weather that better than Trump could, given how they've indoctrinated their followers into ignoring and hating the rest of the media. Sadly, odds are all that would happen is that people would satisfy their Trump craving somewhere else in the right wing bubble.
edited 25th Aug '15 11:35:35 AM by TheWanderer
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