Tagged: Reform

U.S. Needs Comprehensive Immigration Reform

U.S. Needs Comprehensive Immigration Reform

U.S. Needs Comprehensive Immigration Reform The immigration debate is once again dominating the news as members of Congress focus on the long-neglected problem of fixing our country’s failed immigration laws. American lawmakers are now at a critical point. Enforcement-only legislation won’t work and hasn’t worked. Previous efforts to solve this problem by focusing exclusively on border security have failed miserably. In fact, during the past decade, the U.S. tripled the number of agents on the border, quintupled the budget, toughened our enforcement strategies and heavily fortified urban entry points. Yet during the same time period, America saw record levels of...

Want to Save Money? Support Legal Reform

Want to Save Money? Support Legal Reform

Want to Save Money? Support Legal Reform What would you do with an extra 6 each year? Pay off your credit cards? Get braces for your child? Make an extra mortgage payment? For anybody, 6 is a lot of money. But that is exactly how much you and every man, woman and child end up paying each year to cover the cost of litigation in America. According to a new survey by Tillinghast Towers Perrin, tort lawsuits – civil cases involving an injury or wrong – cost Americans 0 billion in 2004, or 6 per citizen. Americans are justifiably outraged...