“It’s an emergency!” City of Milwaukee hands out taxpayer money to supermarkets, to buy new equipment.

Photo above - Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson has a plan to save his city: free cash so supermarkets can buy new frozen food cases. Photo courtesy of the Green Bay Gazette.

You know we're living in the end of days when the closure of 3 grocery stores can trigger a government bailout. That’s what’s happening right now in Milwaukee. The mayor held a press conference to announce his corporate handouts. “To preserve food access”. (see link below)

The reason these 3 grocery stores closed last year isn’t spelled out in the article. But typically – in other cities – it involves a combination of shoplifting, neighborhood decline, and soaring city taxes. For those unfamiliar with “neighborhood decline”, it’s people moving away. Crime and bad schools can sometimes spark people to move away. The Milwaukee city government isn’t saying why people are moving away and stores are closing. They simply want to hand out millions to the stores which haven’t fled yet.

If you think this could possibly be an election ploy, to harvest votes from the city residents who stayed behind after their local supermarket closed, here’s a gold star.

Apparently, a new frozen food case at Kroger will more quickly stabilize a failing neighborhood than safer schools and fewer drugs.

In case the Mayor and city council need any help figuring out their problems, I compiled a few statistics:

1 – Milwaukee's population declined 3% since 2020.

2 – Average income doesn’t even crack the top 50 cities in America

3 – public school statistics are secret, but the report admits Milwaukee “faces significant challenges from low test scores and graduation rates”

4 – Milwaukee has one of the highest crime rates in America. It’s rubbing elbows with Baltimore, Camden, Cleveland, Detroit . . .

5 – The average property tax assessment increased 15% last year

6 – the sales tax in Milwaukee is 8% on purchases, but half of that goes to the state. The city and county pocket the rest.

Okay, enough. I know a death spiral when I see one. Mayor Johnson - free frozen food cases for supermarkets is NOT the answer. Try harder.

I'm just sayin ...

Grocery store closures spark emergency action