Have you noticed the recent Democrat embrace, adding Brown people to the Black population of concern? Or, simply the broad-brush term "people of color"? What's that all about? We've heard so much about Black slavery and oppression, but Hispanics and other Brown people didn't come from Africa into slavery.
The motive is simple; Democrats are losing their grip on the Black voting population [1] as Blacks are coming to understand that Democrats are not actually helping them. Blacks are recognizing that Democratic policies are reversing the gains that were achieved under Republican leadership. So, the goal is to increase the breadth of Black Victimhood by enlarging the disenfranchised group into Brown people.
But Hispanics don't identify with Blacks or the Victimhood narrative of the Democrat party. In fact, in Census questionnaires half (48%) of Hispanics report that they are White [2].
The Democrat drive for "Brown" votes is not being well received in many quarters. More Latinos than ever support Republican economic and social issues and are pro-business, pro-gun, don't like higher taxes, and don’t trust the government [3]. In short, many Hispanics just want to get on with life, and reject the Victim strategy of the Democratic party.
Latinos from Cuba, Venezuela and Haiti, who are supporters of Republican policies, have noticed that while Democrats encourage and welcome illegal immigrants by the millions from other countries, there is a curious lack of interest in the plight of Cuban, Venezuelan and Haitian citizens who desire to immigrate to America amid economic and political turmoil in their home countries. The reason: these immigrants have lived in failed Socialist countries and strongly oppose the Democratic party drive to make America a Socialist country.
The message? Democrats are not really concerned about your welfare - they only want your vote. They want to control you by utilizing fear and dissatisfaction tactics rather than earn your vote by supporting policies that will actually help you.
Don't Take The Bait
Under Democrat control in the 12-months ending June 2022 prices increased 9.1% including 33.1% for eggs, 16.4% for milk, 60.2% for gasoline, 98.5% for fuel oil and 38.4% for piped gas heating fuel. These increases marked a 40-year high [4]. Since the Biden administration took office prices have increased 14.9% [6]. In 18 short months items you purchased in January 2020 for $100 have now escalated to cost $115. If you are on fixed income your outlook is especially dim as year-over-year inflation will just compound the problem.
RECESSION - despite Biden administration denials, the economy entered recession in June 2022, as confirmed by economists and business leaders. The first thing Democrats did after confirmation of the recession was to approve another massive tax-and-spend bill that economists agree will make inflation worse.
Democrat policies disproportionately harm low income people because they hit staple items needed by everyone for basic survival (food, rent and transportation) the hardest. Democrat policies support illegal immigration (costing Billions and driving wages down), penalize businesses (especially energy and transportation industries), and squander Billions on wasteful big Government spending programs.
Staggering Illegal immigration also drove up housing and rent prices, especially lower cost housing. In 2021 rents increased 15.2% and home purchase costs increased 18.8%, again breaking decades-long records [5].
Under Republican control unemployment fell to historic lows, millions were lifted off of welfare, and low income wages rose faster than high income wages.
If your income is low, you should carefully consider who should get your vote. Democrat policies are dragging you down; Republican policies will lift you up.
Next Time, Don't Take The Bait