Posted on 01/03/2003 10:54:30 PM PST by lewislynn
br>Jan. 3, 2003, 10:38PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration is starting a Spanish-language Web site designed to give 1.2 million Hispanic-owned businesses better access to information on government grants, trade and high-tech issues.
The Spanish site can be found at http://www.commerce.gov.
"The Hispanic community has an ally in President Bush," Commerce Secretary Don Evans said Friday.
It's a message Bush emphasized as a candidate for Texas governor and president, and one he hopes will win him support from the nation's fastest-growing ethnic minority as he heads toward a 2004 re-election campaign.
The number of U.S. Hispanics rose by 58 percent during the past decade to 35.3 million, according to census figures -- just under the 35.4 million figure for black Americans, the nation's largest minority. As many as 1 million Hispanics will be registered to vote by 2004.
The Web site is a sign of Bush's target within a community that has traditionally leaned Democratic: Hispanic business owners. Hispanics, especially women, form the nation's fastest-growing group of business owners.
"I think it's a good first step, a symbolic step, in recognizing the importance of the Hispanic community," said George Herrera, president of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which was consulted on the new site.
Although Bush, who speaks some Spanish, has pleased many Hispanics with his appointments, Herrera's group acknowledges that there's much ideological space to be bridged between Hispanics and the administration on such issues as raising the minimum wage and immigration reform for noncitizens who work in the United States.
Health care policy, too, is a prickly topic: Hispanics, just 11 percent of the U.S. population, account for 35 percent of those without health insurance.
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That figures. Thank God we didn't ge Owlgore as president or have four more years of the Clintons.
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Those figures are last weeks. Bush and Fox another two million in since then.
The rest of us learned it the hard way...when we were 7 years old!!!
Apparently, you haven't learned it yet!
Unfortunately, while we lost a little pride (and a few possessions) The WHOLE country is going to pay along with you for your mistakes!!! You're a darned fool!
And WHO are they expecting SHOULD pay for their health insurance if they won't pay for their own? Yes ---more Socialism is the obvious answer to all their problems.
You Bet. It's like the Clintons never left.
IRS seminars, IDs Help Illegal Immigrants Pay US Taxes
State Department Shreds Millions of Visa Applications
Immigration Isn't An Issue Says Congressional GOP
"The National Republican Congressional Committee has been advising its candidates NOT to mention border security and immigration issues in their speeches or campaign literature,"
Bush To Push For Amnesty - The Washington Times - November 23, 2002
I won't even mention NAFTA, Mexican trucks, social service abuse by illegal aliens, border control ....oops I did. Oh well.
How many are illegal aliens?
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