Originally posted by JAD_333
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Shortly before he died William Buckley wrote an interesting column on Hispanics. It was refreshingly candid, and free of the usual right wing rhetoric about the Constitution, the Founding Fathers, freedom, and so on.
He said that Hispanic immigration allows employers to reduce wages, and that is good. However, Hispanics vote Democratic, and that is bad. He went on to say that as other waves of immigrants became more prosperous they moved in a Republican direction. However, Hispanics who have been here for several generations remain in the lower half of the income distribution. When they conclude that their grandchildren will have the same low wage jobs they do they will opt for income redistribution.
Even affluent minorities sometimes vote largely Democrat. Jews average higher incomes than white gentiles. East Asians do too. Nevertheless, these remain Democratic constituencies.
The "social conservatism" many Republican politicians and commentators see in Hispanics is largely an illusion. They have higher rates of crime and illegitimacy than whites. They even have a slightly lower rate of church attendance.
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