President Bush brings message of hope to struggling community (Dinuba-Busty's "Birthplace")

Sac Bee ^ | 10/16/03 | Brian Skoloff - AP

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DINUBA, Calif. (AP) - President Bush chose a small Latino farming community pockmarked by blight and poverty and surrounded by dusty orchards and vineyards to deliver a promise to work toward toward making housing more affordable to the working poor.

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President Bush chose a small Latino farming community pockmarked by blight and poverty ..

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Hit 'em where they ain't lookin' .. ;-)

[JohnGalt]

Handing out more of my money to people who won't vote him anyway is less than inspiring.

[JohnnyZ]

Conway said the average annual income in Tulare County is about $24,000.

Kinda like where I grew up. Maybe higher, actually.

[jordan8]

California is living proof that diversity is bad, not good. What is necessary for a democratic system to work is consensus, and the greater the diversity of the population, the more difficult it is reach a consensus on practically anything. All the things wrong with California are a result of diverse special interests fishing in the marketplace of state government.

The more conservative of the Founding Fathers had it right when they wanted to limit the vote to males over 30 who owned property. Such people had common interests, and from common interests sprang political consensus. As undemocratic and politically incorrect as that sounds, it was immensely practical. Obviously, we can't go back to such a system, but unless we find a way to reach a consensus on important issues, the state of government in America isn't likely to improve.

Right now, the Congress and practically every state capital are like flea markets where votes are sold and traded as mobs of special interests, both economic and ideological, shop for favors and privileges. - Charley Reese

[bayourod]

I recently saw numbers on the percent of Americans who own their own homes broken down by race. Hispanics were very high. Probably higher than in most of their ancestoral nations.

[txdoda]

HEY......I *thought* massive immigration was *supposed* to be so good for the USA & our economy !!!

Here's a town of 18,000 (80% hispanic), home to Ruiz Foods which claims it produces "much of the nation's food", and has tripled sales in the last five years. Yet the same town posts DOUBLE digit un-employment & many residents go hungry, and 'downtown' is dead.

Now our gov't wants TAXPAYERS to GIVE these jobless, hungry folks a down-payment for a house ???

[Uncle Hal]

I was born and raisrd in Porterville, Tulare County, CA. It was and still is primarily a farming area. Most of the poverty is from the migrant workers who work in the fields and pick the crops I assume the workers are primarily illegals. It is a very fertile area and is one of the top farming counties in the county. Many friends of mine from high school are multi millionaires due to farming in Tulare County.