images today are borrowed from Google Images Clipart - not mine
Most mornings when I'm out getting my daily walk, afterwards, if a grocery store is on the way home [we have a lot of them...nearly every mile or so; I can always find one]. I will stop and see if they have anything I've been on the prowl for; like paper towels, toilet paper [even if we have enough for a month or more, getting the limit of two won't hurt], eggs. Canned soup and bottled water for our hurricane stash...things like that. I have had no problems with milk since I buy the very expensive Lactose Free milk. Families with a lot of children can't afford the $4 a half gallon when the regular milk is $2.10 a gallon! And what's funny, for the last 3 weeks there have been no eggs in the refrigerator aisle! Of course, being as anyone of human nature, I now have been craving omelets! But, I've been using eggs sparingly in my cooking to make them last a bit longer. The grocery stores [and I've even been to a few Walmarts] have shortened their hours here in our town. No longer are they open 24 hours. Only from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. And even at 7 a.m. there are lines of people waiting for the stores to open to hoard more TP and stuff!!!! I am not gonna stand in line for an hour; I've been keeping my distance from the mass of humanity.
I am sorely disappointed....again, with our Congress. BOTH parties. I know it's election year, and the Senators and Representatives want to be re-elected. But, really, people in America have been laid off because of the virus, no jobs, no income. The stimulus package [according to Pelosi and other Democrats in the House - and some of both parties in the Senate] want to do away with the multi-trillion dollar incentive to keep young families alive and able to keep their homes and pay bills...they are figuring, if I am reading and hearing things correctly, that the stimulus package put forth for their vote is gonna help big corporations [corporations that pay the electees campaign...lobbying], and the House doesn't want that. I say, why not? If we didn't bail out big corporations that have been forced to stop production/lay off workers, there would eventually be no jobs for ANYone.
Most mornings when I'm out getting my daily walk, afterwards, if a grocery store is on the way home [we have a lot of them...nearly every mile or so; I can always find one]. I will stop and see if they have anything I've been on the prowl for; like paper towels, toilet paper [even if we have enough for a month or more, getting the limit of two won't hurt], eggs. Canned soup and bottled water for our hurricane stash...things like that. I have had no problems with milk since I buy the very expensive Lactose Free milk. Families with a lot of children can't afford the $4 a half gallon when the regular milk is $2.10 a gallon! And what's funny, for the last 3 weeks there have been no eggs in the refrigerator aisle! Of course, being as anyone of human nature, I now have been craving omelets! But, I've been using eggs sparingly in my cooking to make them last a bit longer. The grocery stores [and I've even been to a few Walmarts] have shortened their hours here in our town. No longer are they open 24 hours. Only from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. And even at 7 a.m. there are lines of people waiting for the stores to open to hoard more TP and stuff!!!! I am not gonna stand in line for an hour; I've been keeping my distance from the mass of humanity.
Anyway, I decided to stop at one store I hadn't tried yet [to find paper towels and anti-bacterial liquid soap for our kitchen and bathroom dispensers]. It's a few blocks out of my way home, but I figured what the heck... try it. You may get lucky. I found eggs AND paper towels. Limit of two each. Hey, I feel like I hit the jackpot!!
As I type this up Tuesday afternoon, it all may have changed, but I feel I should still voice my opinion on this lackadaisical government. And, I am gonna express my opinion on our government in a bit, so if you want to skip this, you've been forewarned. I'm usually easy-going, but the last weeks have really touched a nerve.
I am sorely disappointed....again, with our Congress. BOTH parties. I know it's election year, and the Senators and Representatives want to be re-elected. But, really, people in America have been laid off because of the virus, no jobs, no income. The stimulus package [according to Pelosi and other Democrats in the House - and some of both parties in the Senate] want to do away with the multi-trillion dollar incentive to keep young families alive and able to keep their homes and pay bills...they are figuring, if I am reading and hearing things correctly, that the stimulus package put forth for their vote is gonna help big corporations [corporations that pay the electees campaign...lobbying], and the House doesn't want that. I say, why not? If we didn't bail out big corporations that have been forced to stop production/lay off workers, there would eventually be no jobs for ANYone.
Now, my fix:
Give Congress an enema! Clean out this crap and heel the wounds of the American people!!
OR...
The entire country's workers go on strike! ALL...100%. That'll wake 'em up on D.C.
