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My Thoughts on 9/11, Immigration and Jobs

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9/11 happened a long time back. Our nation needs to heal and move forward. We must never forget the lives lost and and always remember the sacrifices made during that horrific tragedy. We must also continually watch out for the lone wolves or radicals who seek to destroy our peace. We must also work together on stopping new illegal immigrants coming to our country, but must do so in the right way, the human way, the peaceful way! However, we can't terrorize our immigrants because they look different or believe they "took away our jobs." According to numerous studies, legal immigrants have not only created more jobs in our glorious republic, but also have been peaceful and at times, model community members. These immigrants work hard for a living, and moved here in the pursuit of giving a better life for themselves and their families. Immigrants also bring diversity to the workplace which results in greater creativity and opportunity. Some immigrants have ma...

The Growth of Small Business in 2013

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Washington: US small businesses hired the most workers in nearly eight years in December, 2013. Small business is more confident about the future, doing well financially, and growing. Small business owners rebounded from a dismal showing in October to close out the year with their two highest hiring totals of 2013, according to  the latest jobs report   from payroll processing firm ADP. “The job market has kicked into a higher gear,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, which helps prepare the report. “We’re now 4 ½ years into this economic recovery and there have been a lot of false starts. ... But this time it does feel more fundamental, more real, more broad-based.” The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) said on Wednesday small business owners added an average of 0.24 workers per firm last month, the largest since February 2006. “Job creation is slowly moving in a positive direction,” the NFIB said in a statement. The NFIB survey of 635 of ...