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A National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) paper published in 2020 found that immigrants are 80% more likely to become founders of businesses than US-born citizens. The study reports that immigrants act more as ‘job creators’ than ‘job takers', that non-US born founders play outsized roles in US high-growth entrepreneurship. that immigrants make up 25% of all founders in the US, despite being only 15% of the population, and that almost 40% of founder teams include at least one immigrant.

LINK: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w27778/w27778.pdf
 
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: $66.4 M
National Association of Realtors: $44 M
PhRMA: $30.4 M
Business Roundtable: $29.1 M
Blue Cross: $25.2 M
American Hospital Association: $25.1 M
Meta (Facebook): $20.1 M
American Medical Association: $19.5 M
Amazon: $19.3 M
American Chemical Council: $16.6 M
 
According to MLB.com, there have been six MLB games @ which the team that threw a No-Hitter LOST the game. The team that threw the NH, but lost the game, is listed first:
  • Cincinnati Reds v. Pittsburgh Pirates (15 May 2022)
  • Los Angeles Angels v. Los Angeles Dodgers (2008)
  • Boston Red Sox v. Cleveland Indians (1992)
  • New York Yankees v. Chicago White Sox (1990) ---- GO CHISOX!
  • Baltimore Orioles v. Detroit Tigers (1967)
  • Houston Colt 45s v. Cincinnati Reds (1964)
Interesting that Cincinnati (Reds) has been on both sides of the fence.
 
Battle of Evermore (stolen from LZ IV): Since the beginning of mankind, the "Have nots" have always been looking for ways to take from the "Haves" by whatever effective means.
Of course it also happens in with some animals in nature as well.
 
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat…
 
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
 
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