When Walmart starts raising the wages they pay their food stamp collecting employees you know that for the most part the economy is steaming up and the competition for workers is increasing. Except in New Mexico where our GOP legislators can't even stomach a 50 cent raise in the minimum wage for our own workers. I can't understand what goes through the minds of these people. Most scientists say such rightwing behaviors are caused by certain structures in the brain. (Likewise for us lefties.) But when it gets down to 50 cents an hour you know they have some pretty strange brains.
Former Governor Richardson had an oped in the Journal this morning saying Governor Martinez needs to stop blaming him for everything that is wrong in New Mexico. He would like her to start working to fix our dismal and depressing economic problem. That got me to thinking, what does she do all day? Everyone has their own opinions about Richardson, but he worked very hard. I have no idea what Susana does in the course of a week. How many out of state trips has she taken in the last five years with her economic development team? Does anyone know? Does anyone care? Doubtful. All she needs to do is appear at a school and read to kids and the voters think she is fine thank you. She has done little to make a future for those kids and she will be long gone before it shows.
And one just has to stand in awe of Governor Scott Walker who is so afraid of losing the really brain impaired tea party types that he has to give up on issues like family planning and toe the line of the extremist fundamentalists. He used to support a woman and her medical provider making decisions on pregnancy, but now he has reversed himself. This is what the republican party has become because of the people who show up to vote in their primary elections. Only the dogma driven crazies cast their ballots.
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I was very surprised that the Journal even published Bill Richardson's letter. But then again, the Journal is publishing their polls on "right to work", repealing driver's licenses for immigrants, holding back students in 3rd grade who cannot read, and even on the minimum wage, all of Martinez's wedge issue priorities that distract from people from her failures as a Governor. The Journal still pursues negative stories on the rail runner and the spaceport to taint Richardson's legacy.
The observations of Bill Richardson and the questions you raised about Martinez apply equally to RJ Berry, When is Berry going to stop blaming Marty Chavez for all that has happened to APD and what is wrong with Albuquerque, and exactly what does Berry do all day other than hide in his office? Whether you like or hate Richardson and Chavez, they both accomplished a lot and left the State and the City better off than when they started. The legacies of Martinez and Berry will be symbolized by a two toilet boles.
"food stamp collecting employees"
Sounds like you are looking down on these folks, you may or may not mean it, but it sure looks that way.
They are trying to earn a living and looking down on them adds nothing to the discussion.
hardly looking down on them. they are working but paid so little they need to get food stamps. thats on Walmart.....
I agree that Richardson worked hard. He worked hard on lining the pockets of his buddies.
How many places in New Mexico "force" it's employees to join a union? Only "closed shops" !!! None of the largest employers force employees to join unions . Not LANL not Sandia not City of Albuquerque not State of New Mexico not APS not Intel. Only Union shops require membership so please tell me where "force" comes in to play in the right to work world? Just more Republican BS!
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