Hispanics care more about economic issues than culture wars and GOP should pay attention
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Hispanics care more about economic issues like the spike in gas and food prices than about cultural issues like abortion. That's a huge GOP opportunity.
Alfredo Ortiz is President and CEO of the Job Creators Network, a non-partisan organization founded by entrepreneurs.
"[A] case of chicken used to be like 40 bucks, now it's 120 and keeps going up and up," says Gerson Velasquez, owner of Half-Moon Bakery in Cleveland, whose empanadas are a community staple. "We're barely making enough to pay the employees and that's something that's a little scary." Antonio Urrianna, who runs a three-person landscaping business in Chicago, now spends $100 a day on gas for his truck and tools, making it harder to turn a profit. Hispanic employees are seeing their paychecks devoured by rising prices and healthcare premiums.
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