Show me the money!

 

If they could pay you less they would

The first thing that struck me when news came out this past week that republican led states were ending the supplemental unemployment benefits due to a shortage of workers was that, well, maybe if they had followed strict protocol when it came to COVID-19 perhaps this would have been over months ago and the extra benefits may not have been needed.  

You reap what you sow.

The second thing that struck me is that, in a free market economy, if you have a shortage of workers the system is supposed to engender higher wages to attract people to work.  Amazingly enough that didn't happen, so republican governors are bailing out Corporate America by making their citizens slave laborers.

The free market, it appears, like much of American life only works for Corporate America and the wealthy.

While it is unlikely (you have to have a brain after all, and not be sheep), we can at least hope that maybe, just maybe, some republican voters may realize that the leaders of the republican party just flat don't give a shit about them or their families, and maybe, just maybe, that a few Dr. Seuss books being discontinued isn't quite so bad as your family being needlessly sick and going hungry because your republican governor took your family's benefits away so that Corporate America could get away with not paying you a living wage.

Baby steps.

It's Not Just an Infrastructure Bill, It's a Jobs Plan, Too

Peace,

emaycee