Not a great way to give credibility your own side by insulting the other because they don't agree with you. Not only that, but I am a republican... so not a liberal. I can be a republican and not stand for anything Trump believes.
You sort of took words out of my mouth here, I said that women have been mistreated over all of history, not specifically pointing at the wage gap. You don't have to look further than the Stanford rape case that is all over the news right now. Look into rape and treatment of rape in the US and you'll see how women are treated unfairly.
However, on another point, the wage gap is a real thing. The statistics you put are from a biased right-wing website that used itself as one of it's sources. Not only that but, took actual pay levels for males and compared them to projections of what women could earn, filtered through their own proprietary methodology. Men often start out with higher salaries than women while the share the same responsibilities. As salary increases as a figure of %, the men climb away from the women. That highly quoted '77 cents on the dollar' is not all men vs all women salaries, but men vs. women in the same jobs. Look at just the top level; there is no arguing that women and men at the level have the same education, do not take off time for their family or to raise a family, and are equally hard working. However, the # of CEOs that are men vs women are so different. I heard a quote, and I don't know if it is true, but their are more CEOs named John than their are female CEOs. How could that be without some bias towards men?
Well, I'm glad you agree that the wall is a waste. So many industries such as the milk and strawberry industry are propped up by low wage workers coming in illegally. Americans simply do not want to work for these jobs; they are labour intensive and low wage. While you could make the argument that if no illegals came into the US, companies would have to pay higher wages, and I can't argue that. That's how the free market probably would work. But at the same time, suddenly your gallon of milk would cost $8 and then no one would buy milk. At that point, either wages would go down, or milk companies would go out of business. Simple economics.
I totally agree with you on the last one man, you don't want to come into the US. I want these people to do it legally. A lot of them do, but overstay their visas. The bureaucratic nightmare that is trying to become a citizen or getting a visa is often beyond these people economically. The system is scaled towards rich people, obviously. America wants people with a lot of money to come to the US, in order to bolster the economy. However, at the same time, the politicians say that they want people to come here legally, when the system is so difficult. I have a friend who is stuck in this situation, and he has been waiting for a response from the US government for 3 years over whether he is allowed to become a citizen or not. He has been her legally for 10 years and now illegally for 4, since they refused to redo his visa, but at the same time refuse to let him leave because of his currently submitted citizenship form. How crazy is that?