Are you a domestic terrorist?

[Jester]

But maybe you are right. Maye the American dream is dead. As I go to these stores, to these restaurants, to these businesses, I see many Latino faces, many oriental faces from the middle East to Japan. I don't see many Anglo faces there anymore. So perhaps the American dream has become the property of the immigrants. Or, maybe, that's what it always was, and those born to the prosperity of the second generation lost, or never developed, that drive, that desire, that fire, that allows one to take control of one's own destiny.

Funny, I had a paragraph to that effect that I deleted out of my last post.

Wage differentials create incentives. If you're used to earning practically nothing, and working like a dog for it, then you don't have a problem working like a dog to earn a hell of a lot more. Usually, the idea is to earn your money and head back home (contrary to anti-immigrant logic, this is actually a massive net gain for the US). But many stay, and those that do are often among the most enterprising people, who have worked hard and found an opportunity.

As an example, who makes the restaurant business in the US function? An army of Latinos, who were once just dish washers and potato peelers, but are now working their way through the upper ranks of kitchens, to the point where they are now opening their own places.

Now, as to whether Anglos are not taking advantage of opportunities, I don't know. It may be that the opportunities where they have comparative advantage are ones you don't see when ordering tea or steak frites. :)

-Jester