August 31, 2011: Will Taxpayers Support Raising Teacher Salaries 165%?
1. U.S. Department of Education. Remarks of Arne Duncan, National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. Working Toward “Wow”: A Vision for a New Teaching Profession. July 29, 2011. http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/working-toward-wow-vision-new-teaching-profession, retrieved August 29, 2011.
2. United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Employment Statistics. Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2010. 25-2031 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes252031.htm#ind, retrieved August 30, 2011.
3. United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition. Teachers – Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary. http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos318.htm, retrieved August 30, 2011.
4. United States Department of Labor. Occupational Employment and Wages, op. cit.
5. U.S. Department of Education. Working Toward “Wow”: A Vision for a New Teaching Profession, op. cit.
6. Ibid.
7. U.S. Department of Education. The New Normal: Doing More with Less – Secretary Arne Duncan’s Remarks at the American Enterprise Institute. November 17, 2010. http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/new-normal-doing-more-less-secretary-arne-duncans-remarks-american-enterprise-institut, retrieved August 30, 2011.
8. U.S. Department of Education. DREAM Act Testimony. Secretary Arne Duncan’s Testimony at the DREAM Act Hearing Held by the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security. June 28, 2011. http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/dream-act-testimony, retrieved August 30, 2011.
August 28, 2011: Opportunity for Illegals, Hard Times for Jobless Americans
1. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Employment Situation – July 2011. August 5, 2011. p. 2.
2. United States Government Accountability Office. Employment Verification. Federal Agencies Have Improved E-Verify, but Significant Challenges Remain. February 10, 2011. p. 1.
3. Congressional Budget Office. A Description of the Immigrant Population: An Update. June 2011. p. 21.
4. White House, Office of the Press Secretary. Weekly Address: Creating Jobs and Getting All Americans Back to Work. August 6, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/06/weekly-address-creating-jobs-and-getting-all-americans-back-work, retrieved August 28, 2011.
5. Congressman Mo Brooks. Congressman Brooks Offers Bill to Curb Illegal Immigration, Restore American Jobs. July 27, 2011. http://brooks.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=61§iontree=6,61&contentid=372, retrieved August 28, 2011.
August 26, 2011: Damaged Economy Left Behind, Congress Flees the Scene
1. United States Senator for Nevada Harry Reid. Reid Leads Senate As Compromise Avoids Fiscal Catastrophe. August 2, 2011. http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/pr083111reid.cfm, retrieved August 25, 2011.
2. Ibid.
3. Congressional Budget Office. The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update. August 2011. p. 1.
August 25, 2011: Obama’s Velvet-Gloved Tyranny Suits His Goals
1. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Remarks by the President at a DNC Event. August 11, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/11/remarks-president-dnc-event, retrieved August 22, 2011.
2. Ibid.
3. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Weekly Address: Getting America Back to Work. August 20, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/20/weekly-address-getting-america-back-work, retrieved August 22, 2011.
4. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Closing Remarks by the President at the White House Rural Economic Forum. April 16, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/16/closing-remarks-president-white-house-rural-economic-forum, retrieved August 22, 2011.
August 19, 2011: Criminal Immigrant Policy is Non-Legislative Amnesty
1. The White House Blog. Immigration Update: Maximizing Public Safety and Better Focusing Resources. Cecilia Munoz. August 18, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/08/18/ immigration-update-maximizing-public-safety-and-better-focusing-resources, retrieved August 18, 2011.
2. Homeland Security. Annual Report. Immigration Enforcement Actions: 2010. June 2011. p. 4.
3. Ibid.
4. The White House Blog, op. cit.
August 18, 2011: Congress Ends Up Under the President’s Campaign Bus
1. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Remarks by the President in a Town Hall Meeting in Decorah, Iowa. August 15, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/15/remarks-president-town-hall-meeting-decorah-iowa, retrieved August 17, 2011.
2. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Weekly Address: Putting the American People First. August 13, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/13/weekly-address-putting-american-people-first, retrieved August 14, 2011.
3. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Remarks by the President in a Town Hall Meeting in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. August 15, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/15/remarks-president-town-hall-meeting-cannon-falls-minnesota, retrieved August 16, 2011.
4. Ibid.
5. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Remarks by the President at a DNC Event. August 11, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/11/remarks-president-dnc-event, retrieved August 14, 2011.
August 7, 2011: Latin America and Obama Fight Alabama’s Immigration Law
1. United States Department of Justice. Department of Justice Challenges Alabama Immigration Law. August 1, 2011. http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/August/11-ag-993.html, retrieved August 6, 2011.
2. Government Accountability Office. Information on Incarcerations, Arrests, and Costs. March 211. Summary Page: What GAO Found.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid., p. 9, p. 13, p. 15.
5. United States Department of Justice, op. cit.
August 4, 2011: Shared Sacrifice Gives Middle Class Tax Money to Illegals
1. The White House. Fact Sheet: Bipartisan Debt Deal: A Win for the Economy and Budget Discipline. http://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheet-victory-bipartisan-compromise-economy-american-people, retrieved August 2, 2011.
2. United States House of Representatives. Committee on the Judiciary. Hearing Information. Hearing on: the Ethical Imperative for Reform of our Immigration System. July 14, 2010. http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_100714.html, retrieved August 2, 2011.
3. United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings, Meetings, & Nominations. The Economic Imperative for Enacting Immigration Reform. http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=3d9031b47812de2592c3baeba62beeb0, retrieved August 2, 2011.
4. Congressional Budget Office. The Impact of Unauthorized Immigrants on the Budgets of State and Local Governments. December 2007. p. 10.
5. Ibid., pp. 10-11.
6. U. S. Department of Education. State Fiscal Stabilization Fund State Allocation Data. FY 2009 State Fiscal Stabilization Fund. http://www2.ed.gov/programs/statestabilization/funding.html, retrieved August 2, 2011.
7. Department of Homeland Security. Population Estimates. Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2010. Michael Hoever, Nancy Rytina, and Bryan C. Baker. February 2011. p. 4.
8. Congressional Budget Office, op. cit., p. 3.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
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