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- May 10, 2013
“We know that as a result of the legalization and eventual citizenship after 13 years, there would be a 25 percent gain in earnings and in income that would increase, of course, the tax revenues that we would be obtaining from this population. So legalization in itself is something that we would contribute to solve some of our fiscal issues," Adriana Kugler, professor of public policy, in her testimony to the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee on the economics of immigration, cited by the Washington Post.
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Source: The Washington Post
- May 7, 2013
"Many studies show that high-quality pre-K programs can improve outcomes for disadvantaged children in the short run and generate favorable returns for taxpayers in the long run." Bill Gormley, professor of public policy, in an op-ed for Education Week on the value of universal preschool.
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Source: Education Week
- May 4, 2013
"Students who participated in the school-based pre-K program in Tulsa are substantially ahead of their peers in every respect: nine months ahead in reading skills, seven months ahead in writing skills, and five months ahead in math skills." Bill Gormley, professor of public policy, on a decade-long study he led that examined Oklahoma pre-K.
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Source: CBS News
- April 29, 2013
"The immigration bill actually tries to limit the new flow to try to make legal channels more attractive than illegal channels...and lifting up those seven million workers who are already undocumented, I think would help the situation," Harry Holzer, professor of public policy, on issues surrounding the bipartisan Senate immigration bill introduced this month.
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Source: NPR
- April 29, 2013
"If the Republican Party wants to make an ideological shift, if they want to modify their vision on immigration, say, it matters a lot if Fox commentators and management are willing to go along with that," Jonathan Ladd, associate professor of public policy, on the dynamics between the GOP and Fox News.
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Source: The Nation
- April 9, 2013
"They're already contributors, and what's important to understand is that if this group of undocumented workers and people living in the U.S. become legalized, there's going to be an even greater benefit." Adriana Kugler, professor of public policy, on the benefit to the U.S. economy of legalization for illegal immigrants.
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Source: Voice of Russia
- April 9, 2013
"Decades ago, strikes were very common, but the number of strikes has diminished considerably as companies and managers have made it clear they are willing to replace workers," Douglas McCabe, MSB professor, on the unlikely success of the NYC fast food restaurant labor strike.
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Source: CNN Money
- April 8, 2013
“It’s less popular to take the chairman role away from someone once they’re already holding it," Jason D. Schloetzer, MSB professor, on JPMorgan's choice to take away CEO Jamie Dimon's chairman responsibilities.
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Source: Forbes
- April 6, 2013
"There is a huge overhang of uncertainty for the industry right now. Eventually, the S.E.C. is going to do something. The question is, what will that be?,” James J. Angel, MSB professor, on the short-term market outlook for money funds.
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Source: The New York Times
- April 3, 2013
“Young people have been hit the hardest by all this,” Harry Holzer, professor of public policy, on the impact of the weak economy on our youngest generation of workers.
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Source: NBC News
- April 2, 2013
“There’s been a lot of work and data generated in recent years proving the opposite – that immigration in fact provides benefits to the economy,” Adriana Kugler, professor of public policy, on the historical focus on immigration as a cost and burden to the economy.
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Source: Fox Business
- March 13, 2013
"The first vote is generally kind of a primary really, if there were a primary in the Vatican election...Once they see who has gotten a certain number of votes, then votes tend to shift one way or another pretty quickly," Chester Gillis, dean of Georgetown College and professor of theology, on how the voting rounds for a new Pope in the Vatican typically unfold.
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Source: WSJ Live
- March 12, 2013
“The Ryan proposal is to keep Pell Grants at the same level for the next 10 years, but tuition costs for colleges continue to go up, so this is being passed on to families.” Adriana Kugler, professor of public policy, on the effect of Congressman Paul Ryan's (R-WI) proposed budget cuts on education.
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Source: NBC Latino
- March 11, 2013
"To shoulder this job is a grave responsibility, which the Pope has taken seriously, and I think it really is a very tiring job. He's exhausted and certainly the scandals have been a tremendous burden, both morally and financially, for the Church." Chester Gillis, dean of Georgetown College and professor of theology, on the effect of the Catholic church's sexual abuse scandals on Pope Benedict XVI's decision to retire.
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Source: CBS
- March 8, 2013
"You can't ask a man or woman starting at the thirty yard dash to catch up with someone who starts at the seventy," Maurice Jackson, professor of history, on a new study showing the growing wealth disparity between African-Americans and whites in the last 25 years.
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Source: RT America