Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> This may, in fact, explain why opinion polls suggest
> that Hispanics are just as eager to limit immigration
> as everyone else. Hispanic _leaders_ are strongly
> opposed, but the average Hispanic is not. This is a
> classic example of the principal-agent problem,
> actually, because the interests of Hispanic leaders
> (whose power is increased the more Hispanics there are
> in the country) clearly conflict with the interests of
> Hispanics in general (whose economic well-being would
> be best helped by limiting the number of immigrants
> coming into the country).
Sounds like the average Hispanic is subject to the "last bastard"
syndrome -- "I'm the last bastard that should have gotten in, nobody
come in after me".
(I first heard this term on a local talk radio show, referring to people
coming to Austin. I didn't think *I* should be the last bastard, I just
thought they should have stopped coming about 2 1/2 years after I
married and became an official resident. ;)
Julia
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