Republicans Are Looking Out for Poor Minorities, Really, They Swear

Conservatives argue that black people should oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants, since immigrants can be expected to take low-wage jobs from black people. The WSJ’s editorial page says that minorities should oppose a minimum wage hike, because it will end up costing them jobs. (They treat this as a simple economic fact, which it is not.) There’s nothing like the hint of a new liberal policy to cause widespread concern for the welfare of poor minorities among Republicans. More »