Young boost diversity as population ages (ugh)

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | May 14, 2009 | Tyche Hendricks

[reaganaut1]

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"California is aging as the rest of the country is, but it's ahead of the curve in diversity and behind the curve in aging, and that's our big advantage," said Dowell Myers, director of the Population Dynamics Research Group at the University of Southern California. "We have a more useful workforce, and we have more young people in school. That costs more money up front, but it will repay huge benefits in 10 years when the rest of the country has few young people."

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The growth in the state's Latino population is primarily due to births, many of them to immigrant parents, according to David Hayes-Bautista, director of UCLA's Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, who has studied 65 years' worth of data on Latino health and behavior.

"When Latinos are half of the total population in California, overall people will have fewer heart attacks, cancers and strokes, they'll have healthier babies, live three to four years longer, work harder, work more in the private sector, use welfare less and have stronger families," he said.

The problem, said Hayes-Bautista, is that the state's Latinos have lower rates of high school graduation and college attendance than average, in part because their parents had less schooling.

"The biggest area of concern for me is the performance of the educational system," he said. "That's what's going to make or break the U.S. economy for the 21st century."

[reaganaut1]

The academics say diversity is good, so there is nothing to worry about. It's funny how conservative/realistic the comments section is, compared to the article.

[goodnesswins]

Wait until the young have to pay Obambi’s taxes.....

[Dallas59]

Everybody can all hold hands when California goes bankrupt.

[EyeGuy]

“When Latinos are half of the total population in California...”

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“When”, not “if”.

Sounds like they have no problem pronouncing this as a done deal.

Good-bye to the once magnificent Golden State.

[Tzimisce]

California: leads the nation in unemployment.

California: massive oppressive taxes.

California: a huge gulf of people who are sucking everything out of the welfare structure.

California: a socialist paradise. Take a good look, because if the left gets it’s way the rest of the US will look like this in a few years.

[Oldexpat]

Uneducated masses receiving welfare benefits and not paying any taxes is not going to help CA. Most of these idiots are not graduating from HS and have not a clue as to what work they can do. Plus..the continous flow of illegals and uneducated immigrants provide plenty of competition.
The diverse population of CA isn’t paying its way..they are tax users..not tax payers.
If we are lucky enough to get enough tax payers to vote then we may put a temporary stop to it.

[VeniVidiVici]

"When Latinos are half of the total population in California, overall people will have fewer heart attacks, cancers and strokes, they'll have healthier babies, live three to four years longer, work harder, work more in the private sector, use welfare less and have stronger families," he said.

He forgot to add that DUI arrests will skyrocket, deaths by drunken "Latinos" will skyrocket and the sexual molestation of children will skyrocket.

Hey, just going with the flow of the author.

[Uncle Hal]

It is not and will not be the CA. I was born and raised in. I will be 74 soon and things have changed so much in this state I hardly recognize it.

[MBB1984]

Yes, they have been promoting their “youthful” potential for years and where are they? Mexifornia is a disaster.

[puroresu]

Bingo! California is the template the left has for all of America.

[gubamyster]

ping

[heartwood]

"When Latinos are half of the total population in California, overall people will have fewer heart attacks, cancers and strokes, they'll have healthier babies, live three to four years longer, work harder, work more in the private sector, use welfare less and have stronger families," he said. WTF, dude? Latinos have high illegtimacy rates, going higher every year, picking up bad American cultural habits. They also have high rates of diabetes because of a genetic tendency to pack on weight in abundant times, and that goes hand in hand with heart disease, kidney disease, blindness, and most every other vascular disease you want to name. Low welfare and good health, my a--. Healthy babies - saw lots of sick little Hispanic kids in my pediatric rotation - some kept in the hospital solely because of family's poverty - some put there by father's drinking.

[sportutegrl]

Looking for the pony in the pile of s***.

[paul51]

California: leads the nation in unemployment. California: massive oppressive taxes. California: a huge gulf of people who are sucking everything out of the welfare structure. California: a socialist paradise. Take a good look, because if the left gets it’s way the rest of the US will look like this in a few years.

Yes, but CA leads the pack in diversity! LOL

[Austin Scott]

White, esp Anglo, Americans did not have the fortitude to seal the borders or the foresight to have more children. Now their fate is sealed. The America of the future will be radically different from that of the past.