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...illogic of any crackdown is that most studies of Latino immigrants show they have a strong work ethic, tight-knit families and a low use of public services. Despite being underpaid and undereducated, few cross the border to collect welfare. A recent study of census data showed that 16.9% of Latino immigrants in Los Angeles County received public assistance in 1990, compared with 41.7% of the non-Latino white population and 64.6% of blacks...
Sandel said Jackie Robinson's words upon reaching the Major Leagues best reflect his communal ethic...
...finally, after all these centuries, be separated from the all-too-serious business of reproduction. Technology has made it possible to uncouple sex and babymaking; ecology has made it necessary. Now all that remains is for us to make the cultural leap to an ecologically responsible sexual ethic. This means, at a minimum, guaranteeing contraception, with abortion as a backup, to all who might need it. But it also means telling our teenagers the hard ecological truth -- which is probably also the best news they could get -- that sex, in our overpopulated world, is best seen as a source...
...life, and if, , furthermore, all future life is threatened by rampant reproduction, then what could be more moral than teaching teenagers that homosexuality is a viable life-style? Or that masturbation is harmless and normal? Or that petting, under most circumstances, makes far more sense than begetting? The only ethic that can work in an overcrowded world is one that insists that women are free, children are loved, and sex -- preferably among affectionate and consenting adults -- belongs squarely in the realm of play...
...Army in 1945, 20% to 25% of our land was owned by blacks. But the welfare system has just undermined the incentive to work. When Daddy died, they'd sell their property, buy a Buick and go out West to Las Vegas or somewhere. They lost their work ethic; they lost their discipline with all this gimme stuff. Who would have thought that Negro girls would get pregnant to get on food stamps? Now they do it all the time." Wyly's biggest fear is that whites will be infected by what he considers black amorality. "Goddam, if we have...