lot of folks have said the future of america, the demographic changes profound and were becoming a browner nation, if you will. we can is a good way of texas and the country or the way of california. and you talk about this little bit in your book, doing an analysis of latinas are hispanics in mexico versus california. let's talk about that. >> guest: i completely agree. i devoted a chapter to this because i think it accurate shows -- california's leading jobs or californian has i believe one-third of welfare recipients in the country. one-third of welfare expenditures. >> host: as their only what, less than 50% of the population? >> guest: yes. texas hispanics to a lot better in a number of statistics data to in my book, "a race for the future," and to california hispanics. in one of those particular areas what is most important is education. and that is the gap between non-hispanic whites and hispanics. hispanics, the gap is is a lot smaller, lots more in taxes than it is in california. telephony has the third highest in the nation. >> host: why is that? is it because it's a social welfa