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Subscribe to RSSMore Latino children are living in poverty than children of any other racial or ethnic group in the country, according to according to an analysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Child poverty among Hispanics rose to 6.1 million in 2010 -- up sharply from just over 4 million in 2005. It marks the steepest increase versus any other ethnic group over that period, the report from the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, shows.
In 2010, 37.3 percent of poor children in America were Latino, 30.5 percent were white and 26.6 percent were black, according to the report. 2010 was the first year in U.S. history when the single largest group of poor children was not white.
“This negative milestone for Hispanics is a product of their growing numbers, high birth rates and declining economic fortunes,” the report said, noting that the 2010 U.S. Census shows Hispanics now represent a record 16.3 percent of the total U.S. population, but an even larger share (23.1 percent) of the nation’s children.
This disparity is driven mainly by high birth rates among Hispanic immigrants, the Pew Hispanic Center notes. Of the 6.1 million Latino children living in poverty, more than two-thirds (or 4.1 million) are the children of immigrant parents. The rest are the children of parents born in the U.S.
Among the 4.1 million impoverished Latino children of immigrants, the vast majority (86.2 percent) were born in the U.S., the report said.
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This explains why latino parents are teaching their children how to steal things at a young age. The number of latino's caught in our city, stealing, has steadily been on the rise. The arrests are increasing on a now daily basis.
"Latino parents are teaching their kids how to steal"?
My house got burglarized last year and both of the teenagers (11 and 14 years) where white. Does that mean that white parents are teaching their children how to steal? You sir are a racist and moron!
*slap marlen101917 on the hand*
No feeding the troll!
marlen101917: maybe you don't live in the same city or state that KeyOrion does. If you are in Maine, you probably see less Latinos than someone who lives in New Mexico. It's a relative thing.
How big is the birth rate of latino children?
Also, what is the direct relation between latinos that are born to non-US citizen parents vs US citizen (green card holding also included) latino parents?
You now what! You know you are so stupid because I saw more white kids steal than any other race, so what are you talking about. You are just one of those many bastards that just because one person does something thinks everyone is the same.
Learn to speak English. That will make a big difference for them here in America.
Stupidity is colorblind.
Not that I think Latino parents are teaching their kids to steal - they're not Gypsies, maybe just uneducated third-worlders who can't keep their kids out of gangs - but saying that more white kids steal than any other race is a bit twisted since there are also more whites than any other race. The more interesting statistic is what percentage of white kids live in poverty or steal relative to other racial groups, but you can be sure nobody is going to want to post that stat here or elsewhere. Don't expect La Raza to feature that stat at any anti-white rally either.
That's what happens when you have litters of kids you can't afford.
Marlen,
You are a flaming moron. You think that by calling someone a racist, you can eliminate the discussion of the relationship between IQ and economic success. It is well documented that the average IQ of the Latino population in this country is around 87. That does not portend well for success in school and rules out most of them from ever getting a college degree. I know it doesn't fit you view of the world--that everyone is a blank slate and that if the government spends enough money on education, all persons will be equal. Such thinking is nothing short of cretinous. You have been brainwashed by the writers of public school textbooks. Latinos are of the same basic racial stock as native Americans, and we all know how successful they were as a group until the Feds created a gambling monopoly so that those living near urban populations could become millionaires off of casino gambling earnings. Now what are we going to do for the Latinos? Create another monopoly that redistributes wealth from the middle class to the growing Latino population. Get real!
The latinos have always been on the lower end of poverty. They do not like to go to college. Only a few try to get an education when they grow old. They prefer to work in blue collar jobs, and the women usually end up being pregnant and tied to one of these "macho" latino men that look at education as a waste of time.
If we had East Inidian immigrants instead of latinos, they would take advantage of any opportunity to go to college. Instead, the latinos that come here very soon learn to cash in in food stamps and all the social services available. Some end up in gangs as well. Having an education and a college degree is just not a priority for latinos.
That is why they are in poverty. It's their fault.
Most Latino's are into Gangs and Drugs. Check out our prisons, and how the Mexican Government is dealing with it.
hardy har-har, I wasn't talking about color, I was talking about the language barrier, but sometime stupidity just makes people stupid.
KeyOrion -- that is a strong claim, that PARENTS are teaching children to steal.
Post some evidence please for the benefit of the rest us.
Children stealing is a fairly universal phenomena...but parents teaching children to steal is not. You need to provide proof.
Poverty in the United States is defined as a family of four making just over $22,000 a year. I am sure the standard is much lower in Mexico since the WHO sets the global definition as family of four making $3000 a year. So there is an easy way to get these Hispanics back above the poverty line. Deport them to Mexico!
Poor in America is high middle class or even rich in Haiti.
Just think, a hundred years ago, Irish Catholic immigrants have had to live with some of the same bigoted stereotypes that are being thrown at latinos today. Oh, how history repeats itself.
To bad the history impaired never learned about signs that use to say "NO IRISH OR DOGS ALLOWED".
Dennis-1989658,
A hundred years ago our country was booming with jobs, and opportunities. Our immigration laws were designed to assure the number of legal immigrants didn't adversely affect our standard of living, the health of our people, and didn't add to our crime problem. Those laws have worked until those in washington saw an opportunity to increase their personal wealth, and power by refusing to enforce them! Gutierrez, of Puerto Rican descent went from a total net worth of $47K, to over $2,000,000 in four years (government gone wild site) while our country has been in a financial free fall! How much of that wealth do think came from illegal aliens, and their families?
You are absolutely correct Arieus, but I wasn't talking to you. Once again, thank you for proving my point.
How dare you sir?
And the examples keep on coming!
The parents should teach their kids to steal birth control items....
Yay. We should make a huge concentration camp and put them all in it. You guys can ranting here with the insanity can run it.
( dream on, ha ha)
We need a freeze on foreclosures.
"This disparity is driven mainly by high birth rates among Hispanic immigrants"
And what are we supposed to do about parents who have more kids than they can take care of?
Of course the answer is put them on welfare. Many immigrants to this country, and not just Hispanics, come here and have multiple kids to qualify for housing assistance or free housing, food stamps, etc. The money they get from welfare is often more than they could earn in their home country. The man may work jobs under the table for two reasons. Not reporting the income allows them to qualify for welfare and they can send the cash back home.
Yet our "leaders" pretend to not understand why America is broke because their thirst for political control by far outweighs the future of the nation.
Neutering always seems to work.
Our 'leaders' might need to change the anchor-baby policies they keep in place as well. Yep, ignore the porous border and close our eyes to the kind of drug-gang violence we'll be seeing here in the coming years. Thanks, fearless leaders! Glad you're busy pandering to business groups looking for semi-slave-labor (who will contribute to your campaigns, of course, because the SCOTUS says companies are people too!) and relatives of illegals (for votes for not enforcing the laws of our nation)! GO USA!
Ya. its really terrible that they are having children. Whats wrong with you lot complaining? Its you lot are so ugly that no one wants to have a kid with you. Oh my :)
The Catholic Church and its irresponsible, archaic views on birth control and reproduction are partly to blame for this disaster. They teach Latinos that it is immoral to use birth control and that they “must accept all children given to them by God.” Also, as a culture Latinos simply do not discuss the issue of sex or birth control with their children. The subject is simply taboo. As a result, large numbers of young Latinos are unprepared to engage in safe, responsible sexual activity. These are absolute truths coming from a Latino who was exposed to this reckless mindset growing up. Until these two things change, more and more of our children will grow up in poverty with little chance to accomplish anything in life.
BrownRage
OMG. I was going to write the same response! This article could have been written about the Irish just a few generations ago. I think you hit the nail on the head brownrage!
Yes the influence of the church plays a big roll, but it's not solely the church. Part of it is cultural. A few months ago a Hispanic caller to a radio show said white men were wimps because they let their women tell them how many children the family would have. A sad note on a culture when it's men think being a man has anything to do with telling your wife how many kids she is going to have and not letting her have any say in the matter.
Hispanics also have the highest rate of teen pregnancy. Doesn't the Catholic Church frown on premarital sex / sex outside marriage? Here in Texas, it's very common to hear about young ladies aged 23 years old with 4 kids already. our paper ran a front page story a few years back, about a 15-year old Hispanic girl having her 'first' baby, and she was quoted as saying she was 'ready to have a baby' - no education, no job skills, no insurance, no job - hopefully her parents ended up supporting her, but my guess is, she got on the welfare/food stamp gravy train - all the social services pay more than a minimum wage job - why work when making babies pays? We need to stop rewarding irresponsible breeders.
I used to work as a math teacher for students who were trying to retrieve credit from previous classes they had failed. I had one class in particular that had six or so Hispanic girls. I asked the class what their plans were for college and three of the girls told me their only ambition was to get pregnant as soon as possible and go on welfare. I asked them why they would think that was the best option. They told me this is what their mothers had been telling them to do.
stephie312 - your comment is fairly on the mark for my part of Northern California. Not only do the girls in our area aspire to pregnancy, but yes, their families encourage them. The paycheck from the state for each child is one thing - but the all important SS card is another. If you have a child and give them the same name as a close relative who does not have a SS card - it's useable.
I was curious why my medical clinic has started verifying birthdays at every turn - reception, getting weighed and measured, x-ray, lab, etc. I asked a few weeks ago and one of the receptionists said that alot of people got medical care by using a common name...she said "can you imagine how many Maria Gonzalezes there are in this town?" I seriously, find that a sad sad situation where people have to lie to get medical care (but I guess that's for another discussion).
Just Wondering....
They're not lying to get medical care, they're lying to get free medical care, which should be punished as fraud.
This disparity is driven mainly by high birth rates among Hispanic immigrants. Maybe, but more to the point, DO NOT drop out of high school, try to assimilate, learn English, and above all, DO NOT vote democrat...
holy cow, that was a stupid post!
Religion plays a great part in the birth rates of Hispanics. This has nothing to do with voting for a democrat. If anything, they would be having abortions, right? (/sarc)
Most minority groups that are better educated and are higher earners usually end up have the "2.5" kids. So, as people's station in life gets better they tend to have less children.
Jahmekan, if you bother to read what I actually wrote said, you'll notice I didn't say that birthrates didn't play a roll, my point being education plays a bigger role. Before you run off at mouth about a stupid post, try reading.
holy cow:
The latinos are not reading this comment. You need to go to Walmart on Sundays to tell your message.
The Republicans are doing whatever they can -even paying the tuition of Hispanics- to make sure that they do not vote Democrat.
Unfortunately I can't shop at Walmart, I have an allergy to spandex. Also, as nice as republicans are, they didn't pay my tuition.
Spandix with rolls of fat over them. I speak Spanish and tell them to their face to back to the motherland.
"In 2010, 37.3 percent of poor children in America were Latino"
Notice how they are clear to say "children in America" and not "American children".
Solution: Send them back to their paren'ts country along with their parents.
Yeah that sums it up.
Among the 4.1 million impoverished Latino children of immigrants, the vast majority (86.2 percent) were born in the U.S., the report said.
No, what we need to do is end Birthright citizenship / amend the 14th. Illegals come here to work, and then figure out pretty quickly that having a handful of kids pays more than working in their home country. Plus, if threatened with deportation, they can cry "you can't seperate families'. As of now, our government is focused on deporting 'criminals' (never mind that all illegal immigrants are criminals) - so if a woman has 4 or 5 'citizen' children, she likely won't be deported. It's simply astounding that an illegal immigrant (i.e. the citizen of ANOTHER country!) can give birth in the USA, and immediately be paid welfare, food, and other aid - which is why we've got illegal immigrant women with no education, no job skills beyond manual labor, making $16K a year and having 6 kids.
Yeah, the brilliant new policy of deporting only illegals with criminal records - uh, hello, being here illegally IS criminal. WTF? Useless pandering politicians all need to be removed from office - both sides of the aisle. They're 2 sides of the same crooked coin, and it's unreal how many people don't see that.
And yet the government still lets thousands of illegals in each year. How about a kill on sight order at the boarder? It's either that or the taxpayers will have to feed all these damn illegals. There are plenty of ways to become a U.S. citizen without crossing a river.
so now you want to kill immigrants like you killed the native americans! yes that will solve all your anglo problems
Is that the final solution?
Where have we seen that before?
You may want to brush up on your English since you can't even spell "boarder" in that context. It is defined as a person who pays to live at a temporary residence with meals included. It is also defined as a member of a boarding party.
It seems that Latinos aren't the only ones that need to learn English.
Here's an idea
How about when Border Patrol catches one, he/she is given once chance to turn around and go back the way they came. If they choose not to, or try to sneak in again, THEN shoot them dead.
Give 'em a chance. It's their loss if they don't take it
Whats really funny about the posts? It not just the insanity. Its that you lot don't really matter. I guess your only outlet is to get on here. It seems like the same people are on here about Gays in the military.
It didnt matter how you all cried about it being wrong. Yea the repugs really listen to you lot.( sarcasm)
"This explains why latino parents are teaching their children how to steal things at a young age"
wow what ignorance but don't worry we'll breed the ignorance out of all you pendejos :-)
Mrs. Guzman...with all due respect, you do realize your comment puts you on the same level as the person you're judging?
Hmmm wonder if there is any link to "illegal immigration"? Might have to be latino not to see that one.
Probably. MSNBC likes to call them 'immigrants' instead of what they really are: illegal alien criminals.
The Pew Hispanic Center's article merely says immigrants. The article is about poor Hispanic children, so they could be from legal immigrants or illegal aliens. Many illegal aliens children are U.S. Citizens.
good call stonegarden
The racist, vitriolic response to this story are rather pathetic. Despite any pleas from tea baggers, the U.S. will not (without a radical shift in its immigration policy) deport children of illegal parents. Per this country’s longstanding “jus solis” policy, these kids are here to stay. The question is what to do with them. Denying them education and basic services will essentially ensure that these kids will never have the opportunity to obtain the skills they need to become productive members of society. On the contrary, they will become dependent on the government for food, housing and other basic necessities. Why not give them the same opportunity afforded to the Irish, Italians, Slavics and every other group that has come to this great nation. All were met with the same type of hatred and contempt, but eventually managed to assimilate. The same can be done here.
no thanks for amnesty, which is what you are calling for. previous immigrants came here legally, not illegally, so theres no reason to reward them with welfare and free schooling. saying they were met with the same hate is not true, once again its ILLEGAL vs LEGAL immigration.
how about we kick them out so we don't have to pay for them then they can re-apply legally and hope they are accepted like everyone else? what makes them so special? because they are already here? to say they have not been given the same options as people in the past is nonsense, illegals could have applied for legal citizenship but instead they jumped the border, now we should reward them?
what principles do you have? any respect/regard for our constitution?
lets be serious brown rage.
They should stop making babies. No need to breed like rabits
brendan-4:
brendan-4:
With all due respect, you are confusing different principals here. The kids in question were born in this country, are automatically granted citizenship because they were born here, and thus have no need for “amnesty.” The ones who do need amnesty are their parents, who can often apply for citizenship through their children. The real question here is whether you are willing to punish the children for their parents’ decision to disobey immigration laws. If you are sir, then it is you who does offense to basic Constitutional principals.
Brownrage :
then you have to look at the 14th amendment and how it is being abused. when you have paid tours from overseas such as china and japan that specifically time the trip so they are forced to have the baby on us soil just to get them citizenship, its time to revisit and revise that amendment.
people that are currently here ( the parents) should be deported, the children, are more than welcome to stay behind ( as they are citizens per current law) and are entitled to a public education and all the benefits of being a US citizen.
Soylent Green!!!!
BrownRage: You are the one who is missing the point, which is that this crap needs to stop. We have a policy in this country of not allowing criminals to benefit from their crimes, unless they are illegal immigrant criminals. Then the bleeding hearts come out screaming about how the rest of us are cruel and evil because we don't want to tolerate it any more.
Here, let me see if I can clear up your confusion:
Let's say I had a family with 2 or 3 kids, and decide I want to better my life. So, I go rob a bank and get away with a large stash of cash, but later get arrested and go to prison. Then the mother of my children has to struggle to make ends meet as the sole breadwinner, and my children suffer in poverty. Whose fault is that? Is it society's for not 'having enough compassion', or is it mine for making a bunch of bad decisions? Is it society that is punishing my children for my bad decisions, or is it me for making bad decisions in the first place?
People like you need to stop trying to misplace blame and then walk around acting all self righteous about it. You're not fooling anyone.
Brendan:
The significance of the 14th amendment goes well, well beyond its provision on citizenship. In the last century the Supreme Court routinely used the 14th amendment as a means to making States (not just the Federal Government) comply with the Bill of Rights. It is because of the 14th Amendment that State Agencies can not abridge your 1st amendment right (freedom of speech) 2nd (Right to Bear Arms), etc. The 14th amendment rocks. That being said, I agree with some of the other things you are saying.
Stonegarden:
Your analogy leaves a lot be desired. A more analogous example would be as follows: you commit a crime and then you (along with your kids) go to jail for your crime. That would never happen in any jurisdiction and it is not going to happen in the immigration context. And by the way, I am not advocating for one system of immigration versus another. I am merely telling you what our current system provides for. Based on that system, much of what is proposed here is simple gibberish. We have to work within the confines of what we have and not propose these imaginary alternate universes, where U.S. Citizens are going to be deported en masse.
Raj:
Raj:
I find your "They should stop making babies. No need to breed like rabits" post equal parts hilarious and hypocritical. If anyone knows about breeding "like wild rabbits" it would be someone of Indian origin. There are one billion Indians and counting in this world. You should go back to India and immediately go on a "stop making babies. No need to breed like rabits" campaign.
BrownRage- I am not suggesting that the children should be deported, just the parents. They can make a decision: either take their children with them, or leave them behind as wards of the state. I am not a racist, and I am not trying to pick on hispanics (though they do seem to be a large part of the problem, maybe because of the relative ease of access to our borders).
I am sick and tired of hearing about problems like what we have here at the University of Washington, where children of legal citizens are being turned away because the university is 'full', when those positions are being taken by 'anchor babies'.
That is unfair to our legal citizens, and it needs to stop.
Why not give them the same opportunity afforded to the Irish, Italians, Slavics and every other group that has come to this great nation. All were met with the same type of hatred and contempt, but eventually managed to assimilate
Those irish, Italian, and Slavic immigrants took care of their own - there was NO welfare, NO food stamps, NO free healthcare (childbirth) in the ER, NO subsidized housing/section 8, NO free education for kids (the kids either worked in the factories of the industrial revolution, worked the streets, or died young). There was also no reliable birth control - those immigrants in the late 1800's/early 1900's had big families too - but the child death rate was so high, and kids were put to work on farms (i believe our country was 80% rural/agricultural until 1950's). nowadays, there is no rationalization for having a big family unless you can afford to provide for those kids yourself -- the illegal immigrant today, especially our friends from Mexico and central America, breed indiscriminately and expect the rest of us to provide. Sorry, get on some birth control and plan to have kids when you can afford it. Just like the rest of us.
DUH, why am I not surprised. Who's fault is it any way, thiers. They come here illegally with no money, live off our generosity and breed like there is no over population problem and expect us to support them and their children. The only nationalities out breeding them are from the Muslim countries.
Brown Rage This has nothing to do with RACE it has to do with nationality and illegal activities. If you are an American, you should be working for the betterment of our country, not help importing illegal invaders drive our country down.
The nationalities you mentioned came here legally at the time and recieved nothing. They either made it or died. There were none of the social programs in place then to help the legal immigrants like the illegal invaders take from the tax payers in this country today.
It is time for the 14th Amendment to be modified for the benifit of tyeh U.S. A. It was set in place to proctect the Slave who were brouhgt here against their will and their children. It wasn't set up for the benefit of illegal invaders to get a toe hold in this country..
I hate to mention this simple fact. If you want the US to be the number one economy. We need people here to be educated and it costs money. It will create work. Each person is valuable if they contribute to society. If they cannot then society is worse off. Each child has the potential to be the next person who does something great. It might seem unfair but look at CEO pay. The companies fail and thousands of employees suffer and they still get there millions.
I know you want to think somehow each one of you or some CEO is indespensible. They are not. When you die , you might be missed but the world will go on without you. Each person is valuable though hatred here is not helping america.
I believe that the people who are racist here are ugly f+++kers. You are doing us a favor by not having more uglies like yourself.
Some one will put huge signs in each Latino neighborhood...
If you get for first period, it is not a call to make baby
When you first ooze liquid from your ding ding it is yearning to go an d make baby
Go , get education, get your life in order before start pumping kids.
The greatest problem is culture giv es priority on breeding over any other goal
Am I rude and over the line.Oh Well may be. I am sick and tired to actually seeing things happen right in front of my eyes. Youjust cannot talk to their kids or parents that it is not time for kids to make babies.
raj@chicagoman.com
What Raj is saying, is that we should teach our children to succeed at life and becoming a grounded person, before they choose to start a family. Set goals that does not include having a child/ren out of wedlock or when you cannot afford a child/ren. Teach your children prevention and work on their self esteem. You can be poor, but responsible.
Well, I think that's what he was saying is so many words.
Yes, don't let Latinos breed such as Indians... 1 out of 6 people in this world are Indians
Well I keep noticing one thing in all my travels in the south. Alot of latinos and less and less whites. yea its something that is happening I think in most western countries. Less and less whites. I might be wrong.
Though the thing that gives me pleasure is there are alot of Indians from the sub continent here in the usa and the Latinos don't want them. I have seen East Indians being told " F++K OFF" by latinos. It makes me happy. Strange ha. Racism among the browns.
I guess the indians are the bottom of the tree.
In before the Pew Hispanic center calls for "common sense" reforms to help these "desperate and deprived" children. Hey, lets throw more money at the problem!! That will sure fix it, right?
Denying them education and basic services will essentially ensure that these kids will never have the opportunity to obtain the skills they need to become productive members of society.
A society they don't belong in. Granting illegal invaders with perks encourages their greedy behavior and put these children in line to take OUR children's future jobs. Haven't you seen employment ads where bilingual is REQUIRED?....why do you want to make it worse? send the criminals back to their country.
Let’s see if I can follow your logic: these kids were born (though no fault of their own) to illegal immigrants. The kids were born (again through no fault of their own) in a country different from that of their parents’. Hence, that makes the children “criminals.” That makes about as much sense as one of Michele Bachmann’s speeches. What you tea baggers are proposing is that the United States adopt a system of immigration different from the one that has been followed for about 100 years. If that is your view, so be it. The only thing I ask is that you realize what you are saying.
You don't have to be a 'tea bagger', as you put it, to be sick and tired of illegal alien criminals taking advantage of our lax enforcement of immigration laws.
You just have to be sick and tired of the kinds of outrageous things that come as a result of the bad actions of people who flagrantly violate our laws.
And yes, most of us DO want to reform immigration laws to allow MORE hard working, LAW ABIDING immigrants to come to our country to help make it better. What we don't want is more criminals coming here and doing whatever the f*ck they want with the excuse that 'they just want a better life'.
What a stereotype! Only 'teabaggers' are against illegal immigration? i'm a lifelong Democrat, and am sickened by the Democratic party's pandering to illegal immigrants and the almighty 'Latino vote' - the people most impacted by illegal immigrant labor are our own homegrown poor and uneducated (ironically, that includes many of the children referenced in this article), who must compete with illegals for jobs and scarce social service funds. Let's take care of our own poor first, before importing Mexico, Honduras, and Guatamala's poor -- let those countries figure out how to provide for their own citizens.
I am sorry...I hate tea baggers and I am against illegal immigration. I am against stupidity altogether.
FYI: The RICHEST man in the world is a MEXICAN....Ask the SOB if he gives a glorigying *&^% about his fellow Mexicans. He does not...He is NOTHING like Bill Gates or some of the other rich people giving money to education. This SOB should be required to take some of these illegals back to his country and educate them.
We hate scum like you too.
I do not care...and look at the mirror when you say Scum
I pharaphase "IRESPOND-2315268, East indian people are better then latinos.
Are you indian import? What the tea baggers dont want you? Oh my . You cant join in the fun. Before you can criticize america look at the hell hole india is. The poor in america like the rich in india . At least latinos dont stink of curry.ha ha.
U.S.A. is going be called "lil mexico" in another 15 years, cause all the hispanic women I see have like 3 or 4 kids on a average in Florida.
But this is a good way to get government assistance.
You do realize that most Hispanics in Florida happen to be Cuban or Puerto Rican, right? That means they're not Mexican and they're not illegals.
No, that would require thinking. It's common knowledge among those that get their world view from their front porch only that anyone other than white or black is an immigrant and of course, illegal. Nevermind such cities as Los Angeles, El Paso, Gonzales, LA. Who knows where those names came from! And St. Augstine, FL? Founded in 1965, to be sure.
Hot - in - Miami -- Tell the whole story please.
The education of Hispanics in Florida is in general poor, even if they are from Cuba and Puerto Rico, and they still have the high birth rate. The article was about poverty ---poor education, and a high birth rate, is the main cause for that poverty. Further, many Hispanics in Florida don't want to learn English. I guess they just must be the few illegals from Mexico that snuck into the state.
You are from Miami? You might explain to the forum why the crime rate is so high there. I would never raise a child in Miami. Then there are other cities in Florida other than Miami. The Hispanic population in those cities, which tend to be economically poor, drags down the academics of the school. I would not send a child to predominantly Hispanic school, or live in a largely Hispanic region of Florida.
Sorry if I offended you "Hot in Miami", you don't travel alot I see, Miami is not the only city in Florida.
Well do something about it. All the white folk ought to start getting at it. Stop complaining about them.
Johnny, are you gay? Stop poking out your chest on a simple blog.
ha ha ha. ok point taken.
Soylent Green!!!!
Latinos should vote Democratic.
This study is flawed. Again, these studies only look at White, Black and Hispanic groups. I'll bet ny retirement check that if you stacked up those three groups against American Indian children the indian children would win hands down.
Unfortunately this is probably the only race these kids will ever win against this society.
If you think this is all a bunch of crap - go visit a reservation (why they are restricted to reservations STILL is a mystry to me) in most any state and see for yourself. They live in abject poverty that White, Blacks and Hispanics would never live in. Ya, Hispanics, Blacks and White you really have it tough. Compared to these kids, you have it made.
They are not restricted to Reservations. They are choosing to stay there because they get everything they need from the Federal Government.
The living conditions on the "rez" if pretty good for the most part. Any Native American on "the Rez" can get some kind of a job if he or she wants one. Also, those Americans have "univeral health care."
Are you serious? Not every rez has casinos. In fact, not every home on the reservations have electricity and running water.
Sorry, I forgot about those. I stand corrected. However, all Native Americans living on reservations have access to free medical care.
Ralph369,
Yes, the Federal government gives them all they need - real cheap booze and smokes. Both of these items are well known to lengthen life. But I guess they can't complain because they have houses to live in instead of teepees (sic). Indoor water, heat, glass windows, insulation and a decent roof are all optional. Damn! They got it made!
But they CHOOSE to remain - they are not forced!
Well there are 4 million repossessed homes in the USA. Its not to the latinos. Its the bankstas. The latino issue is old hat. The economy is broken and the ones who did it got away with it.
We are looking at 3 trillion in loss in the economy and so far no executives of these failed banks is in jail? You worry about the latinos? Its just a joke. They are much as victims as anyone else in this broken economy. Alot of rich banking families got rich of this and there buddies. I don't think any of you really care that they got away with corrupt accounting, lieing to investors, lieing to the government and they were aloud to settle out of court and pay the fines with tax payers own money. Its just crazy. These people conspired to commit the biggest fraud in the history of the world. They re packaged junk and sold it and the rating agencies failed to work it out. What is worse everyone in the bank didnt know about it. THey get zillions. They all claimed it was not there fault. Yet they still get the bonuses and the government let them off.
If I dont pay my tax the IRS comes after me and hauls me of to jail or a damn fine. If i do not pay my debts they come and take my things.
Though for the bankstas. The government had rule of replacing the 3 trillion dollars that disappeared into there greedy hands and pile on more debt. The lies in the media about how they are paying it back are just B.S
Thats the problem. You can go back to the fox news and get fed all the malarkey. Even CNN and MSNBC won't touch it though. THEY STOLE OUR FUTURE.
I believe one of the most important thing to teach our young people is not to procreate unless you can afford to support both yourself and a child.
I'm tired of all the irresponsible parents! As long as we have a welfare system that encourages this practice, it will continue and worsen.
Laura -
It's hard to teach such a thing when one of the reasons so many illegals come here is to live off the social services we provide in this country. And yes, I know that many citizens of this country do the same thing. I have a family member who is 19 and has two young children, no husband and no job.
Lives in government housing, gets a check for utilities, a free cell phone with minutes added every month, an EBT card for food which bargains part of away in return for cash to buy cigarettes and other non-food items, and WIC for the baby which she sells for cash because her mother takes care of the baby and the four year old.
How do you convince people like that who have no concept of responsibility that they should not have children they can't take care of when they see those children as cash assets?
Screminmini,
The first thing that I would do is report this person for fraud. If she is bartering away her benefits, that's a crime.
People like this should be offered a one-time only chance to be paid for sterilization, say $5000.00. If she is bartering away her "benefits" she should have her children removed.
I agree totally. I am a Black woman with two kids and a staff person argued me down about having more children. I feel that a person shouldn't have alot of children if they can't afford them. There is a certain lifestyle that I want to live. I want my kids to get enough attention from me and go to the best schools. She told me you would make a way if you had more kids. I would have to quit my job to save on child care and live simple. I didnt get a BS in math and go to grad school to sit at home with 5+ kids...
yea i have 3 sisters. Guess what? all 3 on welfare. They all have eight children all up. The fathers either can't be found or are unemployed. We talk about latinos. I am anglo. I just look at it as cost of life. I wouldnt have any cute nephews or neices.
How many of those 37.3 % Latinos are illegal aliens? Go back to where you came from and let your country deal with you. Why should US Taxpayers be funding illegal aliens? I can guarantee if I went to those countries, their government would toss my back end in jail and deport me. But here, we bend over backwards to "treat them better than their own country" at the expense of the hundreds of thousands of American citizens that don't have a job, or money to buy groceries, affordable housing, living in homeless shelters, or even cars. I'm sorry I have no compassion any more for those people when our own citizens are suffering, partly because of illegal aliens.
Hey you know most of these "Americans" don't work because they don't want to. It's like " Pick your asses off that couch and look for a job!" Illegals always try to find a job and you "Americans" just sit around and complain. Do something and stop blaming others for "Americans" laziness you stupid moron!
When you import poverty via the failure to enforce our immigration laws, guess what you get??? MORE POVERTY! This is a problem engendered by our government's refusal to enforce its own laws. Further, no group should claim the right to be above the rule of law or to claim entitlement to specical treatment in the way of rewards (financial and otherwise) for lawbreaking. Our government needs to enforce its own immigration laws, which, by the way, are THE MOST GENEROUS in the entire world (permitting over 700,000 people to immigrate here legally every year).
A GOVERNMENT WHICH REFUSES TO ENFORCE ITS OWN LAWS IS INTOLERABLE! As you can see from the posts to these and other articles--- AMERICANS ARE SICK OF IT, AND WE AREN'T GOING TO PUT UP WITH IT (including this Democrat)!
Question. Segregation used to be legal...(some places it still is De-Facto of couse)...so...should an obviously immoral law be enforced cause it is THE LAW .!!!...
There is NO SIMILARITY WHATSOEVER "The HOE" Enforcement of THE MOST GENEROUS immigration laws in the world is not analogous to "segregation". The two concepts are not even in the same universe! Frankly, your attempt at ANY such comparison is low-brow, dishonest, and disgusting!
At least make a point as to why it isn't analogous instead of throwing a bunch of negative synonyms around.
The fact that there are hundreds of people bad mouthing and bringing down Hispanics on this forum is reminiscent of the sentiment seen as "segregation". Your "us versus them" and "we're better than them" mentality clearly separates, isolates, divides, and segregates you from them.
I guess the bankstas and CEO pay didnt create the GFC, it was the latinos right?
The mess we are in due to the fact the government didnt stop the Banks raping us.
Japanese and German CEOs earn 11 or 12 times what the average worker earns, while French CEOs earn about 15 times that of the average worker.
Read more: The Average Income of a CEO of a Fortune 500 Company | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/info_8034082_average-ceo-fortune-500-company.html#ixzz1ZQlZpTLt
Lets hope they wake up and stop voting republican. those racist pricks are the ones doing this to them, and shipping them out.
Could it also be that a large majority of the Hispanic/Latino population is here illegally therefore we have no way of verifying their actual income? I highly doubt they're claiming their under the table income on their welfare paperwork... or wherever this statistic is coming from. (This goes for every race but considering the gist of the article I will not open that can of worms!)
Anonymous hurry back to fox news so you can learn more lies to tell us. Yea everyone has hidden income.
You're so quick to assume that I watch Fox News. Considering I am posting on an msnbc forum, where are you getting this information? I'm tired of this whole feud with news agencies; the news agencies, and anyone that partakes in the fighting, sound like a bunch of children arguing. I read msnbc for 98% of my "news". Fox News gets about .000001% now that Glenn Beck has gone off air. (For the witty ones, the previous sentence was complete sarcasm beginning with the word "now".)
But anyways, that's beside the point.
Yes, a lot of people have "hidden income". That is common knowledge. Duh. :)
BTW I live in Oklahoma City (no, not just oil rigs, hay, cows, etc as they portray on yes, you guessed it, television) and the hispanic/latin population has exploded in the past 10 years. I-35 is an integral part of the drug trafficking (or is that a lie too? I'm so CONFUSED!!!) and it runs straight through Oklahoma City.
Side Note: Not only are the illegal immigrants Mexican but Guatemalan too (hence the Hispanic/Latin references... whatever is politically correct anymore!) Just ask me about the story of the Guatemalan forcing me to pay a hefty auto deductible because he wanted to take out the front end of my car. I think he just wanted a free trip home to see mama (arrested and deported, supposedly, for driving without a license or insurance.)
Disclaimer: This is not a report from Fox News. I have witnessed this myself. I am in no way associated with any news agency and have received no compensation for these statements therefore I have no reason to conjure up any "stories".
ha ha ha. Sorry buddy. Point taken.
"This explains why latino parents are teaching their children how to steal things at a young age"
wow what ignorance but don't worry we'll breed the ignorance out of all you pendejos :-)
i grew up hispanic and i saw plenty of prejudice spewed by hispanics. looks like it still exists on all fronts. as an hispanic child i hated that word (pendejos) spewed by the so called hispanic adults and i still do. i saw through all of it and i was only 6 years old. i knew the hispanic adults around me were prejudiced. it shows ignorance and even a small hispanic child can see that.
Lax laws are also an issue.
I was shocked when going to the recording department of the Los Angeles courthouse to discover that all one needs to get a birth certificate for a "home born" child is to show up with an infant and swear that it is yours and born at home. There's no comparison of heel prints, no positive identification of the child what so ever. And the penalty for lying... perjury. Oh horrors! So borrow an infant and for something like $30 you have another welfare claim in the household. Oh, and the birth certificate gets you a Social Security number to keep or sell as one might see fit.
Its funny. All this effort to go after the poor illegals. Cowardice here is indefensible. I can just imagine the a++ licking at work place. Makes me sick to my stomach. CEO pay or anyone earning more then $400k needs a good reason to be doing that. When I hear its rare talent or market price. I know its a lie. They get those salaries and renumeration because folks like the ones we have here are cowards. You take that pay cut and then blame the illegals for your own stupidity. You dont have any self worth. The real problems is cotowing to CEO pay and corrupt boards. They break the unions and lie about the unions. If it were not for unions there would never be a middle class. Read your history folks.
They forgot to include a word in their "study"; 4.1 million are the chidlren of "illegal" immigrants..........
Send the Latin American countries where there parents' came from the bill. Make them pay for this. They caused this mess.
You do realize that Mexico is not in Latin America?
Then where is it? The moon? Mexico is indeed in Latin America. It's just not in Central or South America.