Build. Fall apart. Reinvent. Work like it all depends on you, but don’t forget to step back, breathe, and see the bigger picture.
Sometimes the breakthrough only comes when you finally slow down.
@SirWeidinger Those Americans include Mexican immigrants. Nobody denies the economic explosion of the state, but the cultural roots are deeply Spanish and Native American.
@hightierchxd@anii_xix He’s insecure about what he’s doing. Runs with energy but has no direction. Bad shot selection, bad pass selection. He’s not built to start a game yet. I’d go as far as to say he’s a liability.
You’re still missing the original point here. The question was about Hispanic Americans as a whole, not just immigrant households. And while those CIS figures show higher welfare costs among certain immigrant households, they don’t establish a complete fiscal balance. You’re comparing welfare spending with limited federal tax estimates while overlooking other taxes and the long-term contributions of their children. Even the National Academies found that second-generation Americans are among the strongest net fiscal contributors in the country. You can’t take one part of the picture and pretend it represents the entire demographic.
I think you’re stretching the data quite a bit here. That CIS study uses 2012 figures on immigrant households, not Hispanic Americans as a whole. And the 89-cent figure compares taxes paid by immigrant households to native households, not taxes paid versus welfare received.
Undocumented immigrants alone paid an estimated $96.7 billion in taxes in 2022. Not to mention, research has shown that second-generation Americans are among the strongest fiscal contributors in the country. You’re drawing conclusions that the data doesn’t actually establish.
I think you’re missing the bigger picture here. Most Hispanics are first or second-generation Americans, still building wealth that other communities have accumulated over generations. And while they may not own most Fortune 500 companies, guess who’s increasingly staffing them? Hispanics, many of whom are becoming educated professionals and contributing directly to their success. Not to mention, Hispanic-owned businesses are among the fastest-growing in America, especially in construction.
Small businesses are the backbone of this economy, and Hispanics are playing a growing role in that. Texas just elected its first Latina governor as well. I think you’re seriously underestimating how much progress this demographic has made in such a short period of time.
Texas is the second-largest economy in the country, only behind California, another heavily Hispanic state. Hispanics now make up around 41% of Texas’s population, and yet its economy continues to grow. Whatever you believe were its best years is irrelevant to the present facts.
You can’t seriously argue that Mexicans are ruining Texas while ignoring the millions who contribute to its economy through their labor, businesses, and investments. Texas didn’t become an economic powerhouse in spite of its Hispanic population. Hispanics have been part of its economic development for generations.
Small brain. Most US Hispanics are 1st or 2nd generation. Many of whom are still in the process of building wealth and establishing themselves economically.
That’s a completely different starting point compared to white Americans, whose families have generally been established in this country for much longer.
@ZoomerHistorian@hispano_studies Didn’t you literally abandon your home country for a East European ex Soviet state? Why don’t you go home and fight for your homeland where your girls are getting groomed by Pakis and Jeets?
@Starkian7789 Economic metrics for U.S. Born Hispanics is actually very good. The growth is there. Then again you have to keep in mind most come from the peasantry.