Special guest columnist report: Hispanic Single Moms
By Special Guest Columnist Craig J. Cantoni
The lamestream media told you:
Single Moms are an increasing part of America’s demographic, and although many struggle financially, they are just as capable of raising healthy children as married couples. More federal aid money for single-Mom day-care centers and other uses is sorely needed in tremendous quantities.
The Uninvited Ombudsman’s good friend and fellow author Craig Cantoni notes however that:
The statistics are difficult to find in the establishment media, even though they have tremendous implications for society, the economy, K-12 education, America’s competitiveness, and your family’s financial future.
I found the statistics in the Autumn edition of City Journal magazine, in the following article by Heather Mac Donald: “Hispanic family values? Runaway illegitimacy is creating a new U.S. underclass.”
The article compares birth statistics for Hispanics to birth statistics for other races:
Out-of-Wedlock Births
Hispanics = 45%
Non-Hispanic Whites = 24%
Asians = 15%
Blacks = 68%
Teen Births
Mexican Americans = 93 per 1,000 births
Non-Hispanic Whites = 27 per 1,000
Asians = 17 per 1,000
Blacks = 65 per 1,000
(Note: For an international comparison, Japan has 3.9 and Italy has 6.9 teen births per 1,000.)
Hispanic Birthrate
- Three times higher than Non-Hispanic Whites and Asians
- One-and-one-half times higher than Blacks
By 2050, one in four Americans will be Hispanic. This demographic trend, coupled with the statistics above, will have a huge negative impact on crime rates, poverty rates, dropout rates, and test scores. How do I know? Because it is a fact that teen births and out-of-wedlock births are primary causes of such social pathologies, although it is considered gauche and politically incorrect to say so. [35 percent of single-parent families live in poverty, versus only eight percent of families headed by married parents. --WSJ]
The social pathologies will also have a huge negative impact on your wallet. Never-ending demands for more education spending, more early-childhood-development programs, more socialized medicine, and more redistribution of income — will make it easier for Hispanic women to marry the state instead of the father of their children. It is the same tragic case we witnessed with Black women after the Great Society.
Admittedly, there is a big positive in all of this. The increased pathologies will bring joy to the great industrial complex of social-welfare agencies, the K-12 public education establishment, and nonprofit advocacy groups. That’s because they will have more jobs, bigger empires and increased funding — from your pocket.
Leftists in the media and academia also will be joyful, as they’ll be able to use the pathologies as proof of the failure of capitalism.
What’s the solution? It’s too late for a solution.
What’s my advice? If you’re young, emigrate to a country that doesn’t have a demographic time bomb and that ranks high on the Index of Economic Freedom. If you’re at retirement age, move to a state that doesn’t have a demographic time bomb but does have low taxes. If you’re at an age in between and can’t relocate, bend over and kiss your wallet goodbye.
An author, columnist and small “L” libertarian, Mr. Cantoni can be reached at ccan2@aol.com.
Visit his website dedicated to stopping government theft and abuse.
Check out Craig’s book, Breaking From The Herd, packed with his unique insight and wry humor (a fine gift!).
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