Still Hispanics lead the nation in high school dropout rates. Hispanics lag far behind other groups in obtaining college degrees. Hispanics as a group, are more likely not to have health insurance, mainly because they lack the education or skills necessary to obtain employer funded insurance. Hispanic children are less likely to attend Pre-School. The Hispanic Sec. of the Army Louis Caldera and Democratic Congressman Ciro Rodriguez petitioned to have the military drop its high school graduation requirement rule so that more Hispanics could enter the military.
Illegal immigration continues unabated with hundreds meeting death in the desert.
While certainly Hispanics need to be responsible and put forth an effort for their own well being, Mr. Gephardt doesn't sound too truthful when he says the Democratic party is meeting and dealing with the needs of the Hispanic community. If Mr. Gephardt and his party could meet and deal with the one solitary thing, education, all the other things would for the most part, not be needed. An educated Hispanic community could deal with all the other things Mr. Gephardt listed. What a pleasant surprise, when to my amazement, I arrive at my district's voting area and the line goes from our neighborhood association community office, down the very long driveway and into the main street of our neighborhood in Southwest Austin. Oh well, I'll leave work early this afternoon and go vote when nobody else is here.