Josh Barro, Columnist

Nationalism, Republican and Democratic

September 5, 2012 at 11:02 PM UTC

Josh Barro is the lead writer for the Ticker, Bloomberg View's blog on economics, finance and politics. His primary areas of interest include tax and fiscal policy, state and local government, and planning and land use. Previously, Barro was a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and a commercial real estate banker at Wells Fargo. He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Harvard and lives in Queens, New York.

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Last week, a Republican convention delegate from Pennsylvania caused a minor scandal by complaining that there was a Mexican working at the American pavilion at Epcot. Mark Harris’s wife wrote on the couple’s blog:

During our time at Epcot we visited the different countries. It was neat seeing each country and the employees were from that individual country. Then we visited America… one would think you would find American employees. We were offended to find a person from Mexico working in America. Mark spoke up and told them he was highly offended after visiting the other countries and seeing employees from that country and then come to America and find a Mexican. He was very civil but his point was well made.