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By granting Amnesty to 12 million Illegal Immigrants it will boast our economy by adding $329 billion to our nation. It would help create 1.4 million new jobs for our fellow American over the next few decades. According to the "DREAM Act" it will help illegal immigrants find a pathway to become a U.S. Citizen according to this study.

thats pretty cool. I mean the way they are setting up "pathways" for these people to eventually be granted their citizenship or at lease temporary work authorizations in order to also help boost our economies currency.

Family-planning programs boost incomes, reduce poverty, and ease the load on America's safety net. And yet, Republicans can't seem to condemn them strongly enough. Investing in reproductive health isn't just good for women and their families-it's good for the economy. (nmw)

If planned parenthood were to be defunded, it is predicted that the government would end up spending more in the long run on public assistance. Planned parenthood provides many services for women, one of them being birth control. Statistics in this article show that women who used birth control were easily able to finish school, find jobs, and create a steady life before having children. Defunding this organization would cost America more money in the bigger scheme of things.

The author believes planned parenthood is positive. It boosts the economy because those women have the chance to plan their pregnancies and prevent unwanted ones.

This article points out how certain events have changed the economy and how more government interference in business may actually be crippling the economy. Businesses are under more government scrutiny and unable to do business independently and suffocating innovation.

This article is about legalizing marijuana to help the spur the economy and create jobs. President Obama disagrees with the idea of legalizing marijuana. Attorney General Eric Holder said that federal agents will seek criminal charges against marijuana users if federal and state laws are broke.

This article discusses the corruption within the Government. The Americans are now faced with the reality of what is yet to come with the economy. Obama Care is mentioned along with social security and medicare.

This article is about illegal immigrants crossing the border. The immigrants are coming into the United States for work. They send their earnings back to their families in Mexico. The money that they make has a huge impact on the Mexican economy. They estimate that 1 in 10 families in Mexico is dependent on the money sent back to them. It is their primary source of income. Since 1994 the amount of deaths of immigrants crossing the border has increased over 600%. They die of dehydration and hypothermia.

By Vicki Needham - 03/08/11 02:17 PM ET Eight Republican Senators introduced a bill Tuesday giving workers a choice as to whether to join labor unions, which they argue will boost the nation's economy and provide an increase in wages. Sen.

Illegal immigrants are having children in America, and using their childrens' social security numbers to claim a child tax credit, taking more than 1.5 billion dollars from our economy annually. Congress didn't specify on who can claim child tax credits, so it technically is legal

The rise of college tuition is in correlation with the amount of debt students leave college with. College has become something of a luxury to some students. This causes less people to buy homes and in turn hurts the economy.

Tabacco good for the economy,so should everyone take up smoking because it is a profitable tax.

Under this new law it is said that most americans will not see this tax raise. This law will help those that need i,t like middle class families and the unemployed. This article lists the 7 main facts that this new law has to offer.

(CNN) - Mitt Romney continued to hammer President Barack Obama over the president's controversial remark about business owners, arguing Wednesday that the president's administration has been chipping away at economic freedoms. "It is free men and women that drive our economy. Freedom is what makes America work.

April 22, 2011: 4:24 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Hey, rich folks! The American people are putting you on notice. They want you to pay higher taxes. Two new polls suggest there is broad support for raising taxes on households making more than $250,000 a year, and all in the name of deficit reduction.

Sorry, I didn't realize the comment was automatically added...I'm a little slow. This article discusses the percentage of Americans that agree the rich should be given the tax hike. It covers how lower income Americans would like the rich to cover the deficit.

New plan to help out people with issues on paying their mortgages. But is it too late? How much more would each of our taxes go up?

USATODAY OPINION In addition to its own editorials, USA TODAY publishes a variety of opinions from outside writers. On political and policy matters, we publish opinions from across the political spectrum. Roughly half of our columns come from our Board of Contributors, a group whose interests range from education to religion to sports to the economy.

Article introduces the recent furry of notices being sent to small business owners suspected of under reporting cash receipts. Some argue that the majority of transactions are now electronic and that they are accurately reporting income.

This article is just simple stating the First Amendment of the Constitution. I posted it because alot of people now are unhappy with the way that the economy is going, but also do not excersize alot of there rights. They are not a contributing factor to making this country better.