What, in the world?

You know, it's crazy.  I've always considered myself progressive.  Progressive with common sense.  For example, respect the constitution, but, the fact that our Native American culture was almost crushed.  Black people were slaves.  Women could NOT vote.  The fact that we are moving toward racial and gender equity, it's a great thing.

Thing is, these days, the Democrats are getting more liberal, to the point of being radical.  The Republicans are getting more conservative, to the point of being authoritarian.  It's disgusting, considering that most of the citizens in this great country of the USA, along with the people of Wisconsin are more centrist, in the middle.  There may be some obviously on one side or the other, but tend to be moderate to the point that most of us aren't 100% democrat nor republican.  Maybe mostly one or the other, but sharing some views with the other side.

What is crazy is, here we have a president who is trying to make the health care access a more equal playing field, and our governor trying to resist to the point of turning it away.  The finger pointing back and forth is becoming a childish bickering contest, by saying you're wrong, no you, NO you, no YOU, NO YOU!  Grow up, will you?  No wonder why our economy is in shambles.

The jobs went to 3rd world countries, and we are left with low paying jobs, to which don't hire full time nor offer benefits.  Yet the liberal way is to extend unemployment.  The conservative way is to try to abolish the minimum wage, and tell people to grovel for their job.  Both perpostuous.  Seriously.  We.  Need.  Jobs.  Now.  And no, not at $3.00/hr.

Then, here we have people complaining that Walmart doesn't pay their employees properly?  What do they get paid?  On average of $9.00/hr?  I barely make more than that as a home care aid to wash poop off of people's butts, and we are worried about cashiers not making enough money?

Then, what is even crazier...  while our high paying manufacturing jobs went overseas to El Salvador, Mexico and China, the products that get sold at Walmart are also from, guess where?  Your first three guesses don't count...  You got it.  From El Salvador, Mexico and China.  I bought a package of underwear for my son, and the first wash, it shrunk to a third of it's size.  So no.  Saving the money for something that should have been able to last more than one use was NOT worth me buying.

So what is the problem?  Not only are these people in these other countries getting paid $3.00/day, the products that come back are sub-par, and we are paying for it.  In more ways than one.

Our wonderful governor promised us jobs.  In the urban areas.  Racine is urban.  Yet I see so many abandoned store fronts, downtown, uptown, Elmwood Plaza, Badger Plaza, North Main Street, Douglas Ave, and everywhere.

And Walmart wants to build on a farm on 4 Mile and Old Green Bay Rd.  Where the people there don't need nor want a store there.  yet the impoverished areas on Douglass Ave don't have anything except an Aldi's.  Ahem.  Here they could build, and have an automatic workforce as well as an automatic customer base.  But no.  they don't want to go.

I could go on...  and the saga continues...   Put your two cents in.  I might give you a nickel back...