Economic Prosperity

Republican National Hispanic Assembly

These are news articles and editorials on issues that affect the economic prosperity of all Americans or Hispanics in particular.

2006

Feb 22. Hispanics help rebuild New Orleans.
Washington Times. Although hard statistics may be impossible to come by, it appears the number of Hispanic laborers arriving along the Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Mobile, Ala., to gut houses, fix roofs and take on other day labor jobs continues to increase.
Feb 15. The Heart of the Economy.
Wall Street Journal. The role of government is to put in place the foundations for American innovators and workers to do the real work that propels the economy forward. A pillar of that foundation is the low tax rates on capital gains and dividends that ultimately translate into higher living standards for all Americans. Congress owes it not just to the 91 million Americans who own equities, but to all Americans who benefit from a strong and growing economy to keep this pillar of growth in place and extend the 15% rate on capital gains and dividends.
Feb 1. Black vs. Brown.
San Diego Tribune. If you find yourself in a situation where you're afraid of being forced out of a job, or beaten out for a job, by a low-skilled, non-English speaking immigrant with nothing more than a sixth-grade education, then you have bigger worries than where your next paycheck is coming from.
Jan 10. Hispanics Fill One Third of Jobs Created in 2005.
Hispanic Business. On an annual basis, employment of Hispanics has increased by 847,000 jobs, bringing the Hispanic unemployment rate down from 6.5 percent in December 2004 to the current 6.0 percent. Hispanic employment represented one third of the total 2.6 millions jobs created in 2005.

2005

Oct. 13. Minority ownership of business rising at phenomenal rate.
Union Leader. Minority-owned businesses are growing rapidly but still represent a small fraction of overall economy activity.
June 19. Real Tax Cuts Have Curves.
Wall Street Journal. Lowering the tax rate on production, work, investment and risk-taking will spur more of these activities and will often lead to more tax revenue collections for the government rather than less.
April. Reform Social Security.
Hispanic Online Magazine. Latinos have a big stake in the outcome of this policy fight.
March 30. Social Security: A Tale of Two Problems.
Our social security crisis can be best understood by ignoring all the confusing “fixes” and focusing on the two distinct problems at its core.

2004

Sept. 22. Hispanic Youth to America's Rescue?.
The Globalist. The future well being of the retirees rests on the shoulders of the Hispanic youth in a disproportion fashion; it is in our own self-interest to see that this is a growing and competent workforce.
July 8. Latinos a key to economic development.
Gannett Wisconsin. As the President Bush’s point man for small business, Hector Barreto spoke to me recently about the six-point economic plan of the administration

2003

May 11. Bush extols House tax-cut plan.
A cartoon by Ramirez and two articles from the Miami Herald (one in Spanish) on the importance of passing the House version of the tax-cut bill.
April 22. Tax Cuts Support Hispanic-Owned Firms.
Hispanic Business. The White House economic growth plan, which includes a number of tax cuts, would be beneficial to Hispanic-owned businesses, because the small-business owner generally is not incorporated and pays the individual income tax.

2002

Dec. 17. Hispanics Would Disproportionately Benefit from Social Security Choice.
Cato Institute. The fact that the current system does not allow for the creation of wealth and instead diverts income into the payroll tax, which is the biggest tax that most Hispanic households pay, is holding back Hispanics.
January 8. Democrats dispute Daschle.
Washington Times article on democrats distancing themselves from comments made by Daschle critical of the Bush Tax-Cuts.

2001

December 18. Hispanics support President’s Bush's economic plan.
Washington RNHA: The economy could sure use a stimulus bill right about now -- a bill aimed at encouraging investment, capital spending, and business hiring. Democrats are letting politics trump economic growth and are instead larding their version of a stimulus bill with tens of billions of dollars of special interest pork.
October 26. Business in Hispanic Areas Proves More Resilient Than Elsewhere.
Wall Street Journal: Retail sales are down, consumer confidence is depressed, and most economists agree the U.S. is in or near a recession. But at Ramirez Ford, business is booming.